Gareth Meaker
Best cities for buy-to-hold real estate in the US?
Hi everybody! This is my first discussion on Biggerpockets, quite an exciting moment! :-)A little background...I have been involved in buy-to-let real estate for the past few years in South Africa (Cape Town, Johannes...
Greg Tom
Best Tax Advantages for REI with low 6 figure income?
Hello,Wanted advice from BP. I am a big reader over at various 'retire early' sites (Money Mustache, etc.), and have a decently high savings rate after tax. I am trying to maximize my tax savings through real estate...
Anthony Gayden
Walking the Tightrope between Debt and Leverage
What is a good balance between debt and leverage?The biggest mistakes I have made were when I assumed I was strong enough to overcome the psychological effects of dealing with debt. Last year (just after I was on the ...
Chinmay J.
Short sales . How would you experienced flippes handle this?
I recently made an all cash offer (with the help of HML) no contingencies except Short Sale Contingency, and Well and Septic contingency for a house that was listed at $129,000. My offer was $90,000. I got a counter o...
Meghan McCallum
What is your biggest problem when investing in real estate?
I often mention to people that I don't invest in real estate because I want to be ridiculously rich. I invest in real estate because I love the opportunity to problem solve and renew what once was, thus producing safe...
Vincent B.
Planning on leaving Los Angeles. Any advice for good cities/state
What’s a good state to move to to start investing in real estate?
Giles D.
Syndication deals gone sour and the GP is now radio silent! What can I do?
Good morning everyone,
I invested in a syndication deal back in late 2021 through Simple Passive Cashflow and Truepoint Capital, with Lane Kawaoka and Kyle Jones respectively as GP's. The deal has produced 1 single d...
Michael Rossi
There is No Hope - This Country is DONE!
I've sadly come to the conclusion that our country is done, over, kaput! I finally came to this conclusion over the weekend as we were circulating petitions to put a Constitutional Amendment on the November ballot in...
Art Maydan
Avoiding Section 8
I bought a duplex that I want to house hack. We just listed the downstairs unit and I’m getting a lot of people asking if we work with Section 8. Can I legally tell them “No” because of the ‘Choose your neighbor” laws...
Tony Chen
Newbie from Los Angeles, CA
Hi All,My name is Tony. I'm a newbie to this forum and relatively new to the real estate investing world. I'm interested in buy and hold as the rental income could be a great source of passive income. I do have a rent...