Nate R.
Don't be a retail investor!
I'm haunted by Ben L.'s comment "Don't be a retail investor!" in the podcast on rental properties. This is also common advice in real estate investment books. Always buy at a discount, or, as Warren Buffett says, with...
Mark Stone
RE tax questions from a noob
Ok I have a few questions in regards to my taxes and am hoping someone could help answer them or point me in the right direction! Thanks in advance for any insight!Due to my income falling between the $100-$150k, I am...
Chris Martin
Rental prices don't always go up
I had a discussion last week with a REI guy who basically said rents never go down. While I politely disagreed, he insisted it was true. Indeed, for him and his limited experience, rents always go up may seem factuall...
Henry Lazerow
Who said you can’t hit 1% on north side? Well almost!
First off congratulations @Brian Nguyen on your first investment property! I see a lot of posts on here about how the north side A and B class areas don’t cash flow, etc. I want to show that you can find cashflow in n...
Corry Taie
Cash flowing a short sale during negotiation?
Anyone ever heard of this? I do short sales & someone I recently met cash flows the properties while they are negotiating with the bank. They do a month to month lease or rental on the property during the negtiati...
Ryan Lauretta
American living abroad looking to invest in midwest
Hi everyone, overall goal is 8-10% COC and total 15-20% ROI 5-10 year period. Strategy right now is to place 50% of the cash on syndicates focusing on class B/C residential assets and another 50% of cash on single fa...
Brian Driscoll
Telecommuting Impact on Real Estate
Hi all. Newbie investor here. The only property I own right now is the one I live in, a condo in Somerville, MA. I've been doing a lot of reading and meditating on where the next opportunity will be coming out of wher...
Eric Gabriel
Relocating Investor (Korea to Texas)
My wife and I have finally decided on Texas. I have 2 requests.1. For our personal residence, we have identified areas that have good middle and high schools, which include Frisco, McKinney, Prosper, Plano, Providenc...
AJay Williams
Hard money + refinance = free income property
Hello, I am a new investor and I am pondering a new strategy. If I buy a property from a motivated seller for 80k then refi for 110k because that is what the comps in the area are worth can I keep the property as a re...
Anna Neal
New Investor In Florida!
Hi BP crew! My name is Anna! I am completely new to real estate investing, but first I'll give a quick background and what I am projecting to complete with my journey on real estate.
I currently am a personal traine...