Chris M.
Newbie from San Francisco
Hey Everyone! My name is Chris, I'm 29 and my background is a LITTLE BIT outside of Real Estate. I have been in the Information/Cyber Security world for the past 8 years. My original major prior to Computer Science wa...
Brent C.
Real Estate Investing Vs Investing in your own Company
As a newbie looking into Real Estate as a way to make money, the more I read the more feel that Leverage and tax advantages are the two main ways to make money in Real estate, otherwise it is like any other busines...
Dan Sheeks
Personal finance for teens
I think we would all agree that personal finance is something that all of our youth should be taught, but it's not getting done on a consistent basis. In your opinion, whose job is it to teach teenagers (high school ...
William Byers
Millennials don't trust ads, real estate or Social Security
Take heed investors - "the majority of millennials (59 percent) would rather rent a house than purchase one." according to the recent article below...and there are 80 million of them.http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...
Brandon Turner
8 Tips for Having a Local Real Estate Meetup
The world is changing... here at BP, that is. Several weeks ago I posted an article about Why YOU Should Organize a Local BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup and it was a big success- meetups are beginning to spring...
Kusum Chanrai
Tampa Small Multi-Family Deal: Any red flags?
Hi All! I'm looking at this property for my first deal: http://www.loopnet.com/Property-Record/11715-N-15t.... I've asked for some more information. I don't live in Tampa, and until I give the place a visit, I'd appre...
Marc Littmann
The Fair Tax
This is my first forum question, so thought I'd start out with something light, such as tax reform. I just re-read "The Fair Tax Book" by Neil Boortz and former Congressman Hal Linder. Has anyone read this book y...
John Lingel
Investing while living abroad
Hey Y'all, this is my first time on the forms but I have been listening to the podcast for around 4 or 5 years now. Great Stuff! I have 2 rental properties I got in 2011 but I have not bought anything since, mainly be...
Andrew Delgado
What would you do in this situation?
Hello BP community! My name is Andrew and I currently live in Colorado Springs CO. My wife and I bought our first home in Oct 2019 and have about 120k in equity. We want to sell our current home, buy a small multifami...
Joshua Dorkin
Besides Real Estate, How are you Protecting Your Money?
I as reading about some technical signals in the stock market, specifically the 'Hindenburg Omen', and started thinking about the state of our economy, inflation, the markets, and how I'm managing my money. Of course...