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Bill Gulley When are you Speculating vs. Investing?
27 May 2011 | 12 replies

This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.

When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...

Eliza Greenwood House Hack Reality Check Please
18 September 2019 | 8 replies

The Goal: My sister and I have a property tied up with the (possibly harebrained) plan to clean, paint, carpet, create an unpermitted “flag lot” with fencing, and fix a plumbing issue (10k), place tenants ($1,350/mont...

Kendall T. I just won a 2014 polaris ranger on a 25.00 raffle, should I sell it for additional house investment money or keep it
2 November 2014 | 17 replies

I just won a 2014 Polaris Ranger 400 HO on a $25 raffle (it is a sidexside).  I have been trying to decide if I should keep it or sell it to help fund another housepurchase. The polaris is worth retail almost 9K out ...

Richard Naimy Thinking about investing in Palm Springs/Desert Hot Springs, CA?
3 October 2020 | 21 replies

Hello to all my BP peeps,Thinking about investing in Palm Springs/Desert Hot Springs, CA? Wondering if anyone in the community if familiar with this market? Looking to purchase a multi family unit?  What areas are goo...

Jackie Nguyen Need advice on being a landlord
16 February 2023 | 8 replies

Hi all, i may be overthinking things, but i’ve been trying to get a general idea of what i could receive in cash flow from my primary property. A little background, i’m currently serving in the army actively and this ...

Rick Wiggins Help finding the Right insurance Company
7 April 2022 | 9 replies

Good Morning BP, I'm not a complete newbie but I am with owning multiple properties at the same time. I'm having major issues with Allstate. We have multiple SFH's, a duplex, and 2 more SFH under contract. Each proper...

Lauren Minkoff Newbie from Saratoga Springs, NY!
11 March 2018 | 17 replies

Hello Bigger Pockets!My name is Lauren Minkoff and I am a NJ native currently living in upstate NY. I am finishing up my last year of law school whilst working for a non-profit. I have recently been interested in real...

Kevin N. Rent was sent in the mail with cash and now lost
19 June 2015 | 18 replies

My tenant claimed she had put cash in the mail and after 10 days I still haven't received it.  I rent to a low income area. In the lease it stated i accept cash and money order. It's not on the lease but I also told t...

Beda Yang How would you approach my situation? Oakland v Midwest/Dallas
20 November 2017 | 11 replies

Hey All,Would love to hear your opinion/logic on my situation... Keep in mind I'm a newbie at this so I appreciate any insight/opinions...tl;dr - (negative) cash flow v/s betting on appreciationMy fiance is likely to ...

Terry Lao Is it a good time to sell in Las Vegas?
15 December 2020 | 60 replies

The SFR median in May'20 was 315k, all time high was 315k in Jun'06. Now, with coronavirus, unemployment, forbearance, evictions to begin, strip partially opened, $600 Fed unemployment to end, etc. Is it a good time t...