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Michael Seutin how many of you hold your rental properties in your name?
24 September 2011 | 104 replies

After holding a few properties in my name, I decided to start an LLC for asset protection as it is recommended everywhere, so my latest property is held in that LLC.
I find it so unconvenient to have an LLC, insurers ...

Roy C. Would you invest in 401k instead of invest in real estate?
15 April 2018 | 146 replies

Assuming you have a corporate job with employer matching 401k, would you save money for down payment for real estate investment or would you invest in 401k?I understand this question can be answered differently depend...

Noah Bacon Harris and Trump's Housing Plans from Last Night's Debate
13 September 2024 | 61 replies

In last nights debate, Vice President Harris emphasized housing affordability, addressing the shortage of homes and proposing a plan to increase housing supply by 3 million units. She also highlighted her background a...

Jonathan Bowen I hate "house hacking".
28 March 2018 | 67 replies

I hate everything about the phrase "house hacking". EVERYTHING! The term "house hacking', in my opinion, is derived from the internet culture of hackers; hackers hack websites in order to gain unfair advantages. The s...

Shabyna Stillman Crowdfunding Question
15 November 2015 | 38 replies

Hi, does anyone know anything about a crowdfunding group called Groundfloor? A friend of mine asked me about them and she wants to invest with them. I don't know anything about them. Any insight would be greatly appre...

Alex Varner Contractor requesting 50% Upfront
9 June 2019 | 192 replies

Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...

Marco Santarelli What is your MINIMUM required Capitalization (Cap) Rate?
26 June 2016 | 89 replies

Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric.  It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...

Spencer Cornelia How I Bought a Seller Financed 4plex in Las Vegas [Part 3]
17 February 2022 | 124 replies

My plan is to share my journey with Bigger Pockets by making posts detailing every big milestone I reach in my Real Estate Investing career.Part 1 can be found here.Part 2 can be found here.4 unit in Las Vegas, Seller...

Dean Letfus Do people ever learn? (Memphis market observation).
24 September 2018 | 147 replies

So brief background. I started investing in the USA around 08.  Ended up in Memphis and with the help of a great mentor really got going in that city.   It quickly became obvious that many parts of Memphis were terrib...

Matt B. Why is everyone against paying for a seminar?
4 February 2014 | 186 replies

Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?

I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...