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8 January 2023 | 8 replies
A house hack is like that beginner run (but BRRR'ing, wholesaling, and out-of-state investing are more like double black diamonds).The fact of the matter is: real estate is often a high-stakes endeavor, and the more advanced strategies (like BRRR'ing, wholesaling, flipping, out of state investing, etc.) can easily bankrupt a beginner when they're executed poorly.Now, having said all that, house hacking is not necessarily easy (if it were, everyone would do it!)...
23 September 2019 | 21 replies
No one ever asked or advised me on this and it almost made me bankrupt.
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8 April 2020 | 17 replies
My concern was if we didn't get there in time or there were complications, it could end up costing a fortune.A lot of people are tempted to go without insurance, but it can bankrupt you.
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15 March 2021 | 129 replies
Ended up in the military, worked my *** off, borrowed money to go to college, got a job where I could make more money, saved that money, almost went bankrupt building, recovered, and eventually started buying cheap houses for cash which I then fixed up nicely and rented out.
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17 August 2023 | 14 replies
It's the kind of nonsense that made Dave Ramsey a multi-millionaire, and then bankrupted him.
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24 December 2014 | 11 replies
He was nearly bankrupt by the end of the game.It took me back to my childhood and my many games of Monopoly.
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23 June 2020 | 37 replies
If a NNN Property goes dark (tenant moves out) or bankrupt, are you ready to search for a new tenant, negotiate a new lease, negotiate with tenants and lenders, pay lawyers, manage leasing agents, higher contractors to renovate, etc.
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7 September 2023 | 9 replies
Prodigy was a crowd funded site, went bankrupt and lost millions of investor capitalhttps://inside.com/real-estate...
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29 July 2020 | 7 replies
In2016, the bankrupt oil refinery was taken over and is being rebuilt and is about to start production.
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13 August 2010 | 22 replies
Also, if she is going bankrupt, doesn't the house get sorted out with the bankruptcy court?