![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/451331/small_1621477240-avatar-jonc20.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am ready to start marketing to my target sellers. I plan to market to vacant properties and out of town owners. What should my criteria be? 50% equity, owned 7+ years, etc?Any suggestions? Also yellow letters or...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/864878/small_1621504649-avatar-gregoryd33.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello there.After many months of being on BP, I'm choosing to break out of the shell and restart my REI interests. I have some minor experience with rentals and ownership but my goal is to step up out of peewee and go...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1189538/small_1621510030-avatar-stephena99.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, I'm a newbie here. I got my real estate license this year and just started delving into real estate investing. It is something I wanted to do for a while but it wasn't until this year that I have sta...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/940458/small_1695828192-avatar-chelsear10.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello. I'm in the market for my first house hack deal. My mortgage broker doesn't offer the 203K loan or the HomeStyle loan (offered by Fannie). I'm looking for a creative way to get some immediate equity through forc...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2122914/small_1621518191-avatar-elviss9.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, I am here for some pointers on my first investment property. I have about $100,000 and would love to invest it. I am intending to utilize a hard money lender to help me fund the acquisition and rehabil...
Hi BP community. I am very new to Boston and I am a newbie in real estate investments. I am moving to Boston to work this June. I want to learn more about the real estate market and invest in rental houses in Boston. ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2267520/small_1669340256-avatar-anthonyp540.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, I’m looking to wholesale real estate in Illinois and I already have my RE license. I’m just deciding on which brokerages would be best to go with. I’m interviewing with 3 already in the next week or so...
I'm a husband and father of 2 in the Seattle area. I'm currently looking to purchase my first property and I'm being squeezed out of Seattle with the rising housing costs. We are considering many options including re...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/215408/small_1621433823-avatar-joy16.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My CPA was discussing some ways to accelerate cashflow on my properties and mentioned bifurcated deduction/depreciation on some of the improvements (e.g., carpet, appliances, blinds). However, she mentioned that for t...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1573718/small_1621513804-avatar-nickih4.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello,I am new to BP and investing in Real Estate as a whole.I was told that creating a Holding Company and having a Operating company under that as another LLC is the way to go when I start to purchase property.What ...