All Forum Posts by: Taylor Fontaine

I have a giant tree that overhangs a neighbor's property. Neighbor reached out requesting it to be trimmed. I got a quote to trim it, it would wipe out about significant income for this very cheap property. Is this always the tree owner's responsibility or the neighbor's?

@Bryan Beal Do you want to have open discussions with the idea of learning from others and considering another position or just to argue your point? Because so far nobody really agrees with your "my life isn't going to be as good as it was" tantrum of a post. And I completely agree with them.

We're all feeling it in one way or another. You clearly don't have anyone close to you who've suffered or succumbed to COVID. At some point you have to understand massive loss of life is the priority, with economy a distant second. Yes, a distant second. Businesses will be lost, people will struggle financially, but they'll be alive with their loved ones to continue the struggle.

We aren't at a point to safely loosen government restrictions. If we attempt to get things back to normal (not gonna happen for years) too soon it will only result in another spike of the curve, which will negatively impact the economy longer!

We need testing! This is paramount.

Listen, I'm sure we've all had the private thought of whether opening up the economy is worth having more people die if it gets ppl working and businesses making money again. It's not.

@Matt Honeyford

Unless the market where you live is known to be slow or you're so busy you don't have the time, I think it's extremely reasonable to try sell yourself. I did my homework to make sure it was priced appropriately, had all my ducks in a row, and was able to sell my first home myself after one open house. Saved 12k in doing so. I listed on Facebook, craigslist, and Zillow for free.

Thank you, Jaysen.  

I'm very new to Bigger Pockets and my wife and I are interested in eventually getting into real estate as a side gig (for now). We've been researching quite a bit through this site but we also stumbled upon a different podcast where a guest was explaining how using a HELOC could be used to pay down our personal or rental mortgage down very quickly (5-7 years). They say the HELOC would be used as a revolving door for our income and monthly expenses instead of using checking accounts. I'm curious if anyone has heard of this or uses this and how it differs from just throwing extra money down on our mortgage when we can. Thank you for the advice.