Brendan M Brown
Starting out; Disgruntled
Hey all. I recently heard of someone who has acquired a lot of property recently. Some main st village type property, mixed use with store fronts etc. I heard through the grape fine that he had recently started “scoop...
Alex Young
Newbie, ready to get going, sick of living in my car broke
Hi Bigger Pockets community, I am 26 years old with an undergraduate education in geology. I've spent the last couple of years wandering aimlessly and it hasn't paid off to do so. Trying to reinvent myself, my strateg...
Brian Feltz
Got My First Property Under Contract!
This afternoon I got my first property under contract! My wholesale intentions full disclosed! A fully rented duplex with $1350/mo in rents! Now the fun part, shopping it to my buyers!
Clayton W McGehee
High growth potential investments?
Hi, I currently put 600-1000$ a month into a fairly safe 5% interest bearing account and I want to start putting about 100$ a month into something that is more high risk/high reward as well. I am considering doing thi...
Brandon G.
The Big Short: What they left out
I just finished watching The Big Short, a movie about the real estate bubble. I enjoyed the information in the movie but I was very let down by the fact that they never acknowledged the fact that subprime mortgages w...
Jared Ryan
LLCs and personal mortgages
Hello BiggerPockets!I'm exploring the possibility of getting a 10-unit apartment building. With that in mind, I'm wondering if I should get an LLC.Benefits of LLC:1. If I live in the property, I, Jared, can rent from ...
Gene D.
hold or sell and reinvest
Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this.I have a condo that currently can sell for ~ $700k, originally purchased for ~$500k, 30 yr fixed at 4.625, currently rented for $2,800. All other monthly expens...
Tim Czarkowski
Purchase an HOA Lien?(On purpose this time)
I had someone bring up an interesting business plan after my recent trouble with purchasing a HOA lien that was thought to be a first mortgage. The idea would be to purchase HOA Liens and then rent the property out ti...
Doug W.
My first flip - I broke even
I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...
Shabyna Stillman
Crowdfunding Question
Hi, does anyone know anything about a crowdfunding group called Groundfloor? A friend of mine asked me about them and she wants to invest with them. I don't know anything about them. Any insight would be greatly appre...