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Hello BP Family,What are your thoughts and/or experiences with rental vacation property?
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Economic Update
(Monday, November 23, 2020)
When COVID-19 arrived, all of us were confronted with an unexpected pandemic that upended the plans we had for 2020. But the pandemic is only part of our story. Whe...
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Hey there!I am very interested in real estate investments, and I’ve just started dipping my toes into information and I’m reading a beginners book on real estate investing. I I believe that real estate investing is a ...
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There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...
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If your thinking of starting to flip fixer uppers, buying your first buy and hold, or your just starting out in RE investment. It would be best to put those plans on hold for at least a few months. Just wait and see w...
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What do you think about sending gift cards for the holidays to tenants?Last Christmas (2018) my buddy and I sent out dinner gift cards to the tenants. I also did this for my tenants for Christmas in (2019). The idea i...
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Hey Guys,
Four years ago a colleague of mine introduced me to the bigger pockets podcast and I have been an avid listener since then. Last year, a few months after purchasing my primary residence, I took the leap and...
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This SFH lingered a couple months on the market and then dropped dramatically due to the possibility of a foreclosure, after it dropped we quickly put it under contract.
Asking Price: 188,000
Price Paid: 185,00
Inter...
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Hi All,
My name is Daniel Cruz and I am a super noob and would like to get into real estate investing.
I have worked in the nuclear electrical generation industry since 1991 (6 years Navy Nuc Pwr prior to 1991 – sub...
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Along your journey as a real estate investor, what was the point in which you genuinely wanted to give up? What kept you going? How did you recover?