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We’ve done online research and despite the competition, we’re ready to buy a home here. It will be used to live in at first with an eye on renting, seasonally perhaps, after that. We’ll be touring the region in the ne...
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Hello I’m new to bigger pockets and Real Estate. I’m looking to purchase my first property and I have a decent amount of money saved for down payment and closing cost etc. I make decent amount of money 70-80k yr and h...
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Background:I work a day job as a software engineer. I started investing in real estate in 2016 and currently have 2 3-family houses, a bar/rooming house, and my personal residence with a small motel and cabins on site...
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Hi all!I want to start a self directed IRA primarily to invest in tax liens (tax lien certificates). Does anyone recommend a good provider/company to go with??Thank you for your time in advance! Victor
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I'm not sure what analysis would give me more accurateinformation. Here is the problem. The property has 10K of foundation problems but it's not bad enough that I would fix it now. If I wanted to sell the house it wou...
Hi everyone,We all look for it, we all crave it, but do we really fully understand it? So many people look for the ultimate deal, but how many of us truly know a deal when we see it? I wanted to start a discussion abo...
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Hello BP,I was looking at some real ways to practice estimating ARV and repair costs and I thought what better way than to find below market priced listings and use them for my analysis. In the process, I stumbled upo...
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How do you handle a seller who wishes to NOT have a real estate agent involved with a property you are looking to purchase? If the buyer wishes to utilize one and the seller wants nothing to do with an agent...what is...
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What parameters do you use when deciding if you should continue to hold a property as a rental in your portfolio vs if you should sell it? Here is my scenario and I would appreciate any insight/suggestions:I have a p...
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I'm curious if anyone here has become licensed so they could sell their own flips and save the 3% on the agent selling commissions. What type of brokers will sponsor investor agents in the most investor-friendly struc...