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Hi there,
I'm getting ready to make a few offers on properties in Connecticut that have sellers agents, but I do not have an agent.
How do I go about doing this? Do I work with the sellers agent directly? I'm not ...
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Quick bio: 36 married with one kid. Own my home in Petaluma, California with 160k owed. Have solid stable career with pension, wife is independent contractor our combined income is 100k +. Inherited a chunk of money a...
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Hello BP,I am just getting started and I am looking to dive into REI. I am working on my license with the intent to use it for investing. I am not yet in a place to invest my own money, but I want to start gaining h...
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Hello everyone! My name is Kevin. I live east of the Seattle area with my lovely girlfriend, Hannah :). We are both from Ohio and plan to move back to Cincinnati this summer where we will begin our real estate journey...
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Going to make an offer on some land this week, for a future Self Storage location in Texas. We found the land by driving by and called the Realtor. We're not working with a realtor when we found this property. We d...
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I'm considering buying a vacation rental in Cerritos, a small town in Baja Mexico about an hour north of Cabo. I've read through some threads and I *think* I understand the basics. It's a 2 bedroom, 2 bath new const...
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I have a 2-unit house in the Northside area of Paterson, NJ where i am looking to increase the rent of my tenant. Its a 2 bed, with 1 attic room used as bedroom, so 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. The tenant was previously pay...
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How do you know if IRS tags you as a dealer. Every information out there is only talking about the differences between a dealer and investor. No one is really talking about the actual process. How do you know your cur...
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Hi everyone, I have a partner who wants to hold paper long term for some of my deals. Sa-weeeeeet! I want to make the process as PASSIVE, painless and professional as possible for my partner and other potential part...
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As a beginning real estate investor, is it a smart decision to obtain a real estate license? I'm aware if he educational benefits it will provide, what other benefits will it provide?