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I'm currently in the Indianapolis area living in my first future rental property. Was wondering if using a helco on my current home to purchase or put a down payment on a second rental would be a smart move?
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Securities Manager Sentenced to Death for Embezzlement - BEIJING - A Beijing court upheld the death sentence of a former securities firm manager found guilty of embezzling 60 million yuan ($8.8 million), his defense ...
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I have leisurely studied real estate for a few years without ever getting too deep since I was full-time in school. I recently found BP and learned there are more than 1-2 ways to get into real estate. I have been rea...
Hi BP Forum,My name is Minh and I'm from San Diego. I'd just like to say that the forum, articles, and audiobooks from BP have been super useful and given me some shred of hope for financial freedom.Like others on thi...
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in a couple months, i would like to buy my first property. i live in san diego ca and its really expensive market. i have family and we are used to living in around 900sqft houses, i would like to find a multi house p...
Forgive me for being new here and completely ignorant. I enjoy bigger pockets and decided to invest in real-estate figuring the best way to learn was to just jump right in as I often hear in the podcasts. So not knowi...
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Hello my name is Brian, currently living in the South Hills area of Pittsburgh,Pa with my wife and son. I am looking to begin my journey towards financial freedom thru passive income via real estate investing so that ...
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Should I do a cash out refinance or HELOC. I am in the final stages of a VA assumption, that was gifted to me by a family member with all its equity. The house is in San Antonio and is my stated, Primary Residence. H...
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After a chat with a friend of mine about how I am not satisfied with where my Real Estate knowledge currently is, I did some thinking and came up with a crazy (I feel) idea. I have nearly 40k in government student loa...
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I have hit a small roadblock in my start up stage in making my house flipping business legit. I live in Virginia and it seems like how the business gets classified is a big deal, and depending on how we classify it we...