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We may be witnessing the largest financial collapse in centuries. Take a step back and look at what is happening:
ï‚· Subprime meltdown
ï‚· Housing bubble
ï‚· Foreclosure crisis
ï‚· Bear Stearns collapse
ï‚· Country...
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So my last post on BP, I was asking for advice purchasing a very old rental in a D area.. Since then, I've saved some cash and reevaluated. I've found a really clean triplex 1 city over, more then I wanted to spend b...
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What would be the downside of taking out $100k from my 401k to invest in rentals using the BRRR method? Many of the books I’ve read discuss how a 401k is a risky investment because you don’t have control of your own m...
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I keep reading all this gibberish about the fed tapering bond purchases, treasury this, stocks that, blah blah blah...
I could care less about stocks, bonds, treasuries, etc... My concern is what effect all this wil...
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I just finished Scott Trench's book "Set for Life" and let me start by saying it is a awesome read and I fully recommend it to anyone and everyone.In the book Scott bashes on typical retirement plans such as roth IRAs...
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What would you do? if you recently received a large settlement(over a million), got a great credit score of 770, have only a few hundred bucks of living expenses per month.
What would you do with the money? Would it ...
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I've been listening to @Scott Trench's new book, Set for Life, recently. Scott discusses the concept of dollar-cost averaging a bit as it relates to investing in index funds. This makes a lot of sense to me and I've...
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I sold a rental house in 2015 for a 55K gain (after subtracting costs of sale, upgrades, etc). Depreciation recapture was painful. When I finally got a TurboTax Premier and modelled the sale, I was surprised the gain ...
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Good Day/Evening Bigger Pockets!Tonight, I wrote down a goal: Save $10,000 to invest before Oct. 7th. As I began thinking of ways to accomplish my goal, a thought about how investors are being frugal came to mind. Ple...
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Finally completed my first rehab project after 10 months with a partner from BP. He put in the money and I put in the work. The house was nothing more than a shell when I found it on the MLS. It had been partially dem...