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Hello, I am new to investing and am considering buying my first property from a courthouse commissioner sale. I have been looking over the properties that will be for sale at the next auction and have found a property...
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Hello all, I have a basic investing question: What is considered a positive cashflow when we borrow 100% of the money to invest in a property?In general and simple terms, it will be the money I gain over the money I s...
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Hi, looking for input.
I live in Atlanta, and am looking to start investing in real estate next year (there are various reasons for this timeline). I am interested in investing for cashflow.
I am not "handy" and n...
Hi Everyone,
I'm not an expert on creative financing deals, so I'm reaching out to those who are.
I have a seller who is older, does not want to deal with kicking out his tenant, fixing up and selling h...
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If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing? Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...
Hello BP,I'm still a newbie at all this so please feel free to recommend any reading material to get me started. Long-term I would like to own multiple rental properties so this would be the first step.My girlfriend a...
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I leverage my Life Insurance cash value in a couple of different ways with an LLC, and I have some questions about active vs. passive classification on the deals I'm doing.
I take a policy loan personally, and then I...
Preapproved for $500k looking to buy 1st house hack duplex in Austin TX or neighboring areas. When I run the math it’s always a huge negative cash flow… and I don’t have many options within my budget for places in nic...
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Hi BP, excited to say I made my first offer as an educated real estate investor today on a Freddie Mac REO property. I emphasize the "educated" part b/c I made an offer on an investment property 14 months ago...and t...
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I am curious how realistic it is to be an investor with a $5k per door limit in purchase price? My first duplex was $5500+ $4000 rehab cost. The second is in the works and is a 4 unit under contract for $13,800 needs ...