Johnathan Butler
PLEASE Critique My Thought Process on a Potential Deal
Hello BP Nation,I’m looking at purchasing my first RE investment property in the west suburbs of Chicago within the next 90 days. In an effort to mitigate the amount of catastrophic mistakes that I’ll make as a newbie...
Joe Carr
Can you just buy a $1m apartment building?
So hypothetically if you had the money for a down payment of 25% on a $1m apartment building. Which is $250k. Say it has 15 units, and makes $1k/unit. Could you just straight up invest in an apartment building? And sk...
Bao Nguyen
Sheriff's sale: why would anyone default if they can sell on MLS?
I hear stories that people have bought houses for 10 cents on the dollar at sheriff's sale/auction. How is that possible? Why would a 50% equity homeowner default when he/she could put their property on the MLS at 7...
Brian Garrett
Problems collecting on a loan
Long story (which I'll try to make it short), but we did what we "thought" was going to be a hard money loan for a fix/flip. Did what we thought was diligent research on the individual and company. They had a good hi...
Dustin Faeth
Investing with Self Directed Retirement Account Funds
If I have personal retirement funds in a self directed IRA right now, what options do I have for investing this in real estate? And can I use this money to invest in real estate for my own business (to fund rehab cos...
Kevin Wood
Houston 14 Unit Multi-Family Close 2 Weeks Ago
Hi all,Wanted to recap my first multi-family purchase experience. For my previous success story check out my other post on 5 SFR we currently own. My business partner and I have been looking at multifamily units since...
Linda Doane
Trying to use 401k to invest in real estate
Hey!My husband and I would love to use some retirement money to invest in real estate. We have looked into buying directly from the retirement fund (employer refuses to roll it into a self directed IRA) as well as vol...
Meena Price
File for LLC in my state or not?
Hello everyone,I really want to jump into wholesaling. I have my business plan and market budget mapped out and such, but I'm very passionate about getting started the right way. I don't see this as a fly by night or ...
Mark Butler
Starting an Investment Company - When to Take Money Out
Hello EveryoneMy name is Mark and I am an MBA student at SMU in Dallas. Two friends of mine from the program are interested in investing in rental properties and have a particular strategy in mind, but I want feedback...
Jill F.
Getting rid of tenants causing 'excess traffic' (aka drugdealers)
Hi Bigger Pockets,
How do you deal with the excess traffic problem, when you have no actual proof or official statement from law enforcement regarding drug activity (which would allow/require and immediate 3-day evi...