I'm considering a strategy of applying for and (hopefully) opening multiple personal credit lines totaling at least $100k, and using them to fund 100% of my rental purchases & rehabs. This would be as an alternati...

Hi All! We are a husband and wife team in the Southern CA area and we are new to Real Estate Investing. My husband, Jacinto, is in the US military (stationed in Alaska) and will resigning in a few months. I, Jacquelyn...

How much does your contractor usually charge on top of his (or her) subs to manage a rehab job?  I am working with my first contractor, the prices he's getting from his subs are very reasonable, but he's charging 10% ...

I'm looking for input on growing my real estate business. I normally deal with the same realtor for all of my transactions. We have a great repore. He does a lot of business in general and has worked for the same b...

I've started looking at what's available in my price range over the past few weeks ($400k-$550k), and currently my main road block is finding reliable brokers/agents. Two didn't even bother to return my calls, while t...

Hey everybody! This is my first posting in here. I’m hoping to get a couple different perspectives on a particular strategy, so I’m looking forward to any and all advice offered! My wife and I are looking into buil...

Hello Fellow Newbies!I've been doing what all good newbies do when struggling to overcome analysis paralysis, namely reading books!  And while doing so, the significance of some of the terms are starting to coalesce f...

Hey folks,
Just want to get a sense for what you all think about the housing market right now .. it seems everywhere people are bidding up, multiple offers everywhere, insane housing shortage, building material costs...

A friend of mine is looking to rent his primary residence and buy a new home from a national builder in a new development.  He asked if there was any value using his real estate agent in negotiating with the builder. ...

Hi all,I've been using BP for just under a month now, and only crunching out Real Estate Investment opportunities for about three months. Under the guidance of my friend (business partner) who has been an active inves...