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Hi Everyone, I'm going to be making offers on my first properties in the next 2 days or so and was wondering if anyone knew of good banks/Credit unions in the St. Louis area that have good rates and terms on cash out ...
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Several years ago, I became friends with a young woman who was just getting started in real estate. She became a real estate agent, and then started learning about renovation. She bought her first house, flipped it, a...
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Is formal education (particularly RE development graduate certificates) better than hands on/ real world experience? I have done a couple rental properties, flips and wholesale deals and would like to move towards com...
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As some of you may have figured out from my other posts, I am highly against the "cultist" and "guru" mentality out there....
So, this thread is dedicated to those who don't wish to follow the "sheeple" route and wan...
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New Jersey house flippers. How did you get started? Where did you buy your first flip? (Foreclosure, MLS, off market, ect.) did you wait to buy all cash or did you finance (or seller finance)?
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Great Morning All!Very happy to share that yesterday I secured my first property under contract. The property is a 3 bedroom 1 bath single family ranch. I am planning on renting out the other 2 private rooms, and base...
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New to BP and so happy because I have a burning question: does anyone have experience, advice, or even "friend of a friend" stories about taking a lower paying job but but subsidizing income with investments?
Spreads...
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I have a deal that is a sfr to multi-family development deal in So Cal. I am dealing with the wholesaler who has the deal in escrow. I am trying to flip it to a developer ... but I have no idea of the true value ...
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Property need work and I haven't seen it yet. it in a different sector so I need up in the beginning stages of research to know if its a good buy or not. Where and how do I begin?
Moving to Austin soon. New to the real estate market. Wondering if Austin market is still a buy or should I wait for the market to calm down a bit? I have been looking at the whisper valley community area. Anyone is f...