Ravi Chhabra
Is it time to jump ship?
Hi BP Community - I purchased my first rental property in Frankford Philadelphia back in March 2021. I was hoping for it to be the first of many in the Philadelphia area. I wanted to use this property as a way to lear...
Eva Arnold
Could a savvy 21-22yo with $50,000 invest successfully?
Hello everyone,A young person could join the military right out of high school and save up $50,000 during a four-year hitch.Assuming that young person did a lot of self-study on real estate during his or her military ...
Mags S.
Processing Rental applications
Hi BPs. I am renting a sfd after a long hiatus. I have received a great deal of interest and so how do you handle processing multiple applications? (I'm using BP rental app). If you receive several apps, do you run ...
Bob Kennedy
FNMA Foreclosure w/Tenant
Full Disclosure: I am a tenant in a property going through foreclosure, not a real estate investor. After searching on Google, then reading hundreds of posts here, I found this site to be the best authority and most ...
Eugene Beard
Dumpster Diving for Unlisted REO's
While driving around for dollars I came a cross a property I would really like to get. I talked to a neighbor and they said its been empty for 3 years now. There is a winter warning sign inside the window with the na...
Mike Clancy
Direct Mail Marketing Advice
Hello!My wife and I are just about to send out our first DM campaign. We are going to rehab SFR's outside of the Seattle area and need your feedback.Our budget for DM for right now is $2,000/month and our goal is to ...
Nick J.
Expensive lesson learned in Short Sales
Let me first start by saying that I am far from being a newb in Short Sales. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not dumb enough to 'claim' to be doing short sales since 1952 or some crazy stuff like that.
As most o...
Jacob Setzer
Large influx of money, no idea where to start. Need help!
Hey BP community, I've gotten extremely lucky over the past year or two in the crypto space and am looking to diversify my portfolio into more "real" assets. Purchasing real estate (likely for rentals) is the market t...
Joey Fontenot III
Land Trusts
I have read through a bunch of posts about land trusts on BP and am getting mixed signals on their worth. I wanted to know if you guys are utilizing them? If so what benefits do they have for your particular real ...
Rob Bianco
Long Distance Investing as a Beginner
I'm living in NYC but I'm highly interested in investing in rental properties that would provide the best cash-flow out of market. I've been reading a lot about Raleigh, Columbus, and Milwaukee. I'm wondering if I'm b...