John P.
Single Family Homes v. Syndication
I have a number of single family homes. I have sold a few and 1031'd the money into DSTs. I don't love those for a variety of reasons. I have learned recently that one can 1031 into many syndications. This is appe...
Matt Selland
Obtaining Title Ins after Tax Sale in SD
I purchased some farmland in SD at an IRS tax sale in January of 2021, the previous owners owed the IRS 1.8 million so the IRS siezed and sold 3 tracts of land in an attempt to collect their debt. The sale was hardly ...
Scott Freer
Financing
First deal investor here. I have found many REO listings I like but by the time I get to see them all and make an assessment, they are gone. I have an 800 FICO and I have been researching real estate in my area fo...
Dennis P.
Investing in apartments not as a leading parner
Hello, I am studying how to invest in apartment complexes. It is my understanding that some REI groups/meet-ups offer group buying (a syndicate?), in which one investor becomes the lead and others simply contribute fu...
Zachary McDonough
What I wish Pace Morby would have told me
Creative financing is like thinking outside the box when it comes to buying or selling a house. It's all about finding alternative ways to structure the deal that works for both the buyer and the seller.
One popula...
William Coet
Multifamily Prices so High that Only Cash Makes Sense, But Why Not Put Cash in CDs?
I don't have the cash, but other buyers do. I still would like to understand why they are paying the prices they are when they could put the cash in a CD and earn interest worry (and work) free.
I'm referring to mul...
Mic Nguyen
Building my real estate portfolio
Im having a problem getting a loan to expand my current portfolio. I currently own 5 single family homes under my name and 1 single family home under my real estate corporation. I have 4 of them financed in my persona...
Willis Chur
Suggestions for the best way to allocate a $500K cash inheritance
This will be a bit unorthodox compared to a number of the other posts I have seen on BP. I have personally been investing in real estate sporadically over the last 5 years with a small amount of success (about 10 doo...
Sanjay Sinha
Owner Builder for new home build in San Jose
Planning to build a spec home in the San Jose area. We have already put in the earnest money on a lot with a very old house. The question I have is how easy it is to be the owner builder on this construction project a...
James Elden
Do lower end / cheaper rentals do better in a downturn?
Question for those who have been around a while, I haven't been able to figure this out myself from research. I'm referring mainly to larger markets, say over 1 million people at least, during a housing crash / downtu...