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Hello - we are buying a cabin in Big Bear Lake, CA, and will be renting it short term to help offset some costs. Although we are a 2+ hour drive away, its not totally convenient to zip over there easily to take care ...
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I have a Detached Garage apartment that is on my sisters property that we will be looking for renters soon. My niece and nephew age 12and 9 will be alone for short periods of time. I live next door but separated by an...
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Hi all Investors and Realtors!I met a realtor today who only works with investors that said that he would only work with me if I exclusively work with him, no other realtors!Is this normal, my thoughts are, if he’s wo...
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So, tomorrow I sign the contract for my first deal. It is a Short Term Rental via Master Lease. Tonight, I'm getting cold feet. Did I do enough due diligence? What if the cost of the unknowns outweigh the profit a...
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My goal is to create financial freedom through passive real estate income and I have listened and read so many podcasts and books on strategies but most have been from investors who started with little to no money (mu...
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I've been trying to figure out how to become a legit investor again in my own market outside of the most common ways (big banks, traditional loans, etc.) and have been reading and listening (for quite some time now) t...
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About 3 months ago I purchased a commercial building in East Providence RI. This is about a 3500 SF footprint, on 3 levels, including the basement. The intention of this property is to move my architecture firm into &...
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I followed the steps from the articles written on this site for my first flip. This helped me find, evaluate, rehab and sell my first investment property. Backstory is- I purchased a near foreclosure SFH for $105K, ...
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Hey BP Community,With a little under 20 hours left of classes for my real estate salesperson license, I'm beginning to consider options for a brokerage post-licensure.Ideally, I'd like to work with a broker that speci...
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BackgroundIn 2010 I bought a bank owned 3 bed 2.5 bath single family property using an FHA loan which required a 5% down payment. The purchase price was $73K so this equated to approximately $3,700 out of pocket. Dur...