Hi Everyone! I've made up my mind, I'm going to invest in my first property! However, I'm unsure if it's smarter to choose a property meant for long-term renting or short-term renting. To clarify, by a "long-term" ren...

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I currently own my primary residence in Chicago in which I got the house for 175k and I currently owe a little under 120k. I have been in my home for eight years and I want to invest in another propert...

Im  a new realtor. and I'm so excited to finally get started in real estate. To all experienced agents in your opinion how effective do you think cold calling is? what's the conversion rate? and also what marketing te...

I purchased an absentee owner list recently with the intent of mailing self written yellow letters. I discovered I could not manage enough time aside to write the letters and the cost of each letter was not much less ...

Hi everyone! My lender is about to prequalify me for $200-300k, and I target Texas, being living and working in California, LA, so an out-of-state investment. I have a suitable lender that can qualify me in any city o...

So, since I've started as a pro member here on BP, a lot of the properties  in my price range are all in run down neighborhoods with high crime.  Does anyone have experience with these types of rentals?  Is it just a ...

Hey!Has anyone purchased land for the purpose of turning it into a mobile home park? If so, what was your process to start? I already reached out to the zoning department to obtain information. Thank you for any help!...

Hello BP im a newbie in RE and i entered in a JV contract with another newbie to purchase a historic SFR in Fairmont Heights MD using a hard money lender and closed on October 2018. Our JV agreement is im paying for t...

Aloha Everyone! After 3 months of daily podcasts and reading several BP books, I'm finally making the leap to into the forums! The BP community has been an incredible resource for not only RE education but INSPIRATION...

How do you get started once you've narrowed down your market? I'm an out of state, first time investor. I am experienced in owning businesses--but have never branched out into real estate. Do you visit the area first ...