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Flipping homes requires hard work and skill—but it can help produce the capital needed to run a real estate business.
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The topic of finding a good contractor is discussed frequently on BiggerPockets — in the Forums, on the Podcast, and here on the Blog. Good help is hard to find. My flipping career started off fair...
I have an extraordinary hatred for puzzles. Now, you are probably thinking “that’s a strange thing to have a hatred toward.” Well who asked you? I can explain… Where was I? Oh yeah – puzzles...
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Is small thinking holding you back? Not after this episode! Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast, Josh and Brandon talk with Kevin Carroll, a real estate investor who decided 18 months ago that he wa...
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Despite the fact we’re officially in a recession, a number of U.S. housing markets remain red hot. Some are even hotter than they have ever been before! The reason? A low number of properties are b...
Investing in mortgage notes (also called real estate notes) can be an exciting alternative for real estate investors looking to branch out or break free from the landlord game. Real estate notes ar...
You have discovered the power of real estate. Capital preservation, cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits—all words that are music to your ears. And you are ready to dive in! Then you check your ba...
Home flipping rates fizzled in the tail end of 2020, representing only 5.1% of all home sales, or 57,155 total single-family homes and condominiums. Yet data show there was certainly money to be ma...
Let me ask you a question: How long do you spend picking out clothes each morning? Probably longer than most investors spend doing the math for real estate investment analysis. Unfortunately, peopl...
What should be the primary goal of a buy and hold real estate investor: equity or cash flow? And by “equity,” I primarily mean built-in equity (i.e., buying properties under market value). Of cours...
There are hundreds—if not thousands—of books on real estate, personal finance, personal development, and motivation. It’s likely you’ve heard of many of them, whether you read about them in a blog ...
When beginning to search for a partner on a real estate deal, you may find that you need something from them in terms of experience, time, or money. However, instead of focusing on what you need fr...
I’ve flipped a lot of houses. My practice is to live in the home while I am flipping, to avoid capital gains taxes when I go to sell. I have learned a lot about construction techniques and house fl...
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I have the worksheet I use of a ‘quick and dirty’ hard money purchase analysis and I thought I’d share it with you…download here! First if you don’t know much about worksheets, don’t worry; you s...
Due diligence may be boring, but it’s absolutely critical to get it right. Here we’ll take a deep dive into what is perhaps the least fun but most indispensable part of real estate investing: the d...
What should be the primary goal of a buy and hold real estate investor: equity or cash flow? And by “equity,” I primarily mean built-in equity (i.e., buying properties under market value). Of cours...
You have discovered the power of real estate. Capital preservation, cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits—all words that are music to your ears. And you are ready to dive in! Then you check your ba...
To leverage more deals than you have cash for, you can obtain capital from private money lenders. Unlike a bank, they care more about your real estate track record than your credit score. They want...
Home flipping rates fizzled in the tail end of 2020, representing only 5.1% of all home sales, or 57,155 total single-family homes and condominiums. Yet data show there was certainly money to be ma...