Dustin Zentz
Moving to Detroit
Hello,
My wife and I are considering selling our house in Denver, moving to Detroit, and investing in real estate. I have 15 years experience in home construction and renovation, but limited experience in investing. W...
Victor Noriega
First Successful Land Flip
Hi BiggerPockets,My wife and I would like to share our first successful land flip. The deal:Purchased the property for $3000 paid the back taxes of $2200 and the closing costs were ~$700, so total investment was $590...
David C.
Survivorship Bias
Many people are familiar with 'survivorship bias' when it comes to mutual fund investing, the basics are this: a fund company may start many funds over its lifetime with different strategies. The ones that do poorly...
Ryan Dossey
Do any of you guys buy and hold gold?
I have a wealthy friend who owns numerous businesses. He is a hardcore believer in stock piling gold. Anyone here mess with it?
Andrew Bissada
Austin Defunded the Police - Impacts 2020-2022?
I keep reading news about how in a lot of cities, people are moving further out to lower costs since they can WFH. Furthermore, since Austin just defunded the police, what are everyone's thoughts about how safe it wil...
Account Closed
An open ended study: Realtors & Off Market Property Ethics
My buddy, Joe, who is an investor was shown this off market property in DC and he inturn showed it to me. We subsequently entered into an JV agreement to pursue it. Apparently, He had a relationship with this broke...
Diana T.
Palm Coast, FL
Looking to purchase a SFH as in investment in Palm Coast, FL. From what I hear, the rental market is pretty good. However, that is coming from the real estate agents, so I am not sure I believe it. Anyone have a...
Tim Lin
Tenant won't pay security deposit despite damages
Hi everyone,
A tenant is moving out and I noticed some damages such as dented/chipped door frame, possibly happened when he moved his furnitures in. I brought this up and he casually brushed it off saying something a...
Ryan Nguyen
FHA LOAN Incorporated "WRAP MORTGAGE"
After leaving a real estate workshop "No Money, No Bank, No Credit" They mentioned this idea called Wrap around.
If people do not know , this is basically you as the seller, giving the buyer the ownership of the hou...
Sariya Saabye
How do I buy this vacant property no one is claiming??
Need some creative investor help! There is an attached villa that has been vacant since the owner died 3 years ago. It was also condemned at that time. I've done a ton of investigating including talking with an age...