Robert Loiselle
Newbies looking for some advise/comments on initial strategy
Hello, My wife and I are actively studying and getting our plan together to get into real estate investing. I was hoping to pick the brains of the folks on this forum and to get some help and critiques on our initial...
Victoria Townsend
What is the "Quadplex" of Commercial real estate?
What is a good starter-type property for someone looking to get their feet wet with commercial real estate? Like a 12-unit apartment building? Or like a warehouse? etc. Looking for a type of property that won't make m...
Nicholas Jones
Driving for Dollars- Tampa, FL
Hello everyone,This will be my first post on BP. I have been a firefighter for 7 years, had a side business doing home inspections for the last 2, and recently made the decision to also start investing in real estate...
Marcos Sanches
Buying rental in Texas, but live in Los Angeles, any advice
Hello BP family:I hear a lot of good things about the Dallas market, I want to try and buy a rental property there SFR, something hopefully 100k or lower, I am hoping for a cash flow of a little over 200 a month, I wa...
Francys Crevier
How to tell a city is gentrifying and if it is good to invest?
Hello fabulous investors!I live in DC (or Arlington, VA, 5 min away) and my rent is about $1700 a month. I really don't want to keep paying that longterm, but of course properties in Arlington go for about $1-$1.5mil....
Giovanni Luna
Scared of borrowing from hard money lenders and not make profit
I’m scared of being in debt from a money lender and also using the money and having to pay on a property and not make a profit from it. Also doing miscalculations of percentages that is owed back to the money lender a...
Account Closed
What would you ask an experienced investor if you only had one hour?
I'm just starting my real estate investing adventure and my first step (other than signing up for BP and listening to podcasts) is to meet people in the industry for informational interviews. I have a lunch meeting t...
Moshe H.
Got my first rental property (4 units) thanks to BP. [Long!]
It all started with Jane Austen, actually.My wife is a huge Jane Austen fan. Me? The extent of my knowledge is from watching the Pride and Prejudice episode of the PBS kids’ series Wishbone. But I am a history buff. S...
James C.
Tax refund...what should I do?
I've been stalking the forums for a few weeks now; love everything that I'm learning here!I just received a tax refund check in the mail*, and I'm wondering what some smart people would suggest doing. *Before you ask ...
David A.
Newbie in need of some direction!
Hey, everyone! So I've been perusing through BP for a week or so now, and have spent SO many hours each day reading through the forums, blogs, articles, ebooks, listening to podcasts... the amount of knowledge on this...