Hello all,I am curious to know who or what inspires you guys? It doesn't necessarily need to be real estate, it can be general also.I will go first. I always get inspired when I hear about or meet unassuming people th...

I am currently a renter. I've been in my home over 6 years and it looks like the owners would like to sell. At this point I don't have the credit to obtain a loan, and the owners have already stated that the loan is u...

Hi folks. I have been sending mail to owners looking for off-market deals in NC, NY, and VT. I would like to send mail to SC, where I have lived for the last 8 years. I have been a bit hesitant however because I keep ...

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I have a unique situation and thought I would ask the intelligent people of BP for advice. I recently finished grad school. Didn't find the job I was exactly looking for (...long story), but I...

Hi BP community!Hope everyone is doing really well.  I have a little opportunity on a SFR that we will use as an STR.Few interesting things about the area and property:1) the area allows STRS2) near a national park3) ...

I'm getting a wholesale marketing plan together and often hear people say that absentee owner lists get better results than owner occupied even thought there is more competition. Can anyone say how much better? The re...

There's post after post referring to the economic downturn so I'm sure this is getting old. My question is how does each type of investor get affected by the pending market correction? (I.e. Wholesalers v flippers v b...

Since we are owner-occupied we have a lot more leeway in being selective with our tenants; but just for fun and kind of to standardize what we felt made a good tenant we created this algorithm. Do you think this would...

I am very new to RE investing and reading the above book.  His first example "Plan" is to buy a fourplex.  He assumes he puts down $16k and $4k for repairs.  Total investment is $20k.   He assume each unit produces $2...

Would you open our envelope (picture in comments) and read our letter? How can we make it stronger? What type of follow up would you send? How soon after the original letters?We've read a lot about "yellow letters" an...