I recently started my REI venture in the Detroit area 1 year ago and I have been trying to figure out a good strategy for how to continue scaling while covering costs per property. The issue I'm running into is with t...

Listening to people beat up on the young folks for having their student loans paid off. Look at this people born between 81 and 96 are getting poorer while the rest of us are getting richer. What this is really sayi...

Which option would you pick, and WHY?? Also, if you can think of Option C, you are a rock-star! :)So, condo is 2 BR, 2 BA in North Pacific Beach area in San Diego, CA. Great location, walkable to the beach. I bought w...

Hello BPers,For those of you who have become syndicators, I'm assuming at some point you started as an independent investor. How many personal deals did you do before your first syndication? Did you rely mostly on fam...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...

There are pages and pages of discussion and opinions on cash flow markets (midwest) vs. appreciation markets (coasts). What I haven't read so far is a simple analysis of the numbers. Since I actually own properties in...

I am looking into buying my first property to house hack. I am looking at both SFH and Duplexes. I like that I could have privacy with a Duplex(live on one side, rent out the other), but it has its own challenges. 

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Economic Update
(Monday, October 5, 2020)

The economic collapse sparked by the pandemic is triggering the most unequal recession in modern U.S. history, delivering only a mild setback for those at (or near) the...

I have to admit that I was drawn to BiggerPockets in a somewhat roundabout way.  You see, I'm not so much interested in Real Estate as a business that I want to get into, but as a means to an end.  That end of course ...

Over the last decade or so, my wife and I have put together a nice little rental portfolio, we've really grown as landlords and property managers, and we have a nice little life that's just getting nicer. Net rental i...