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28 January 2025 | 6 replies
Started with the flip business 2 years ago and going strong. id say start by practicing comps in your area, learn your market and go to real estate meetups.
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26 January 2025 | 32 replies
Anyone in business takes risks, but a lawsuit and some other things don't look great.
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26 January 2025 | 2 replies
When the whole covid shutdown occurred, I dropped out of college to help my father's service business maintaining and remodeling residential and commercial buildings.
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27 January 2025 | 3 replies
Good morning BP community,I'm a returning REI in East Tennessee who is now investing and buidling a family business full time after a career in the military.
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24 January 2025 | 16 replies
Which is a tax when you do an active business in your IRA but it is essentially the same thing.
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23 January 2025 | 23 replies
That's why I would never had a business partner.
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3 February 2025 | 7 replies
I'm self-employed and did not know if my business was going to be shut down due to the virus.
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27 January 2025 | 7 replies
Property management is a "nickle" and "dime" business.
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27 January 2025 | 6 replies
@Michael James Hamlin I'm a former tax accountant/business consultant turned fix n flipper and investor friendly agent.
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
Also, if it fits your budget and your business needs a write off BPCON lives up to the hype.