John Thedford
Why YOU Should Become A Hard Money Lender
Why YOU should become a hard money lender:1. VERY limited risk if you underwrite properly2. returns up to 60% per anum or more3. easy easy investment--just collect mailbox money4. much LESS work than being a landlord5...
Sam Mathew
Tax Avoidance Strategy - 1031 Exchange & Gift It to my Child - Prove Me Wrong
Please prove this strategy wrong, but I have not been able to. I bought an investment home in Charlotte, NC (I live in FL) when my child was born (14 yrs ago) for $124k that is now worth $340k today. Because I switc...
Tim Smith
How do high wage earners benefit from real estate related tax deductions?
Longtime lurker, first post. Thanks to the BiggerPockets community for all the invaluable advice -- it's helped me personally and professionally for many years.
Here's my question: This year my wages at my non-real...
Mark Page
Is 45 years old too late to be financially free?
I just turned 45 in May and finally bought my first rental property this past March 2019. My wife and I started our own vacation rental business . Although this is the slow season in Big Bear Lake Ca, where our STR ...
Account Closed
Grad school or REI?
Hello, everyone!
Let me say first how I love , love BiggerPockets!!
Second- I got a situation here: i graduated from UCLA last year (biochem degree) then left to Russia to do some investments there ( got the whole...
Angel R.
What would you do, first time investor from NY?
Hi, guys, I'm from NYC (Brooklyn). I know the NYC market is very expensive for newbies like myself and I feel like I may have to look outside of the city to get started.I currently make $42k year and have 32k in savi...
Paul B.
Why are there so many ex-engineers in REI?
I've been a landlord since 2008, but only about six months ago did I decide I wanted to get more serious about real estate investing. I'm an engineer by day, which is why every time I hear an investor or a guru say th...
Llewelyn A.
OMG! Sell b/c Net Migration Losses!! (except you got it wrong)
Before I start this discussion, I wanted to post the link to the Article with the title "Population migration patterns: US cities Americans are abandoning" but don't go to the link YET. Wait until you read this post f...
Account Closed
Can An HOA Legally Charge A Fee To Homeowners For Repairs/Improvements Paid For By The Homeowner?
Hi, all! I have a question about HOAs and have been searching around but cannot find a similar situation to mine. I purchased a single family fixer upper in CA that is in an HOA community. The homes are situated on at...
Tucker Cummings
Was my first BRRRR (kinda) successful?
"I'm thinking it'll probably appraise for upper 250's, lower 260's." My heart sank when the appraiser told me this after he had finished a walk through of my house. My wife and I had just finished remodeling the entir...