Chad Carson
How will you use real estate to retire early?
Hi fellow BP members. I'm helping Bigger Pockets work on a project about using real estate investing to retire early (aka achieve financial independence).Would you mind taking a brief survey (mostly multiple choice &a...
Kai Sato-Franks
Dave Ramsey recommends buying everything with cash!
Hello, What have you done what do you prefer? What are the pros and cons of both? Have you guys bought real estate (multifamily or single family) in cash and rented them until you saved up for your next investment to...
Kyle J.
Are you wealthy?
Saw this article on MSN Money today: The answer to this question will tell you if you're wealthy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from the article:...
Paul Post
How much info can a PM share with a landlord?
Greetings,How much and what type of information is a property manager allowed to share with a landlord? Very best,Paul
DG A.
Growing a RE portfolio without displacing low(er) income folks?
Hi Folks, I'm wondering if anyone else out there has pondered this. In Oakland, if an owner moves into a property, and that property is 3 units or fewer, then after 2 years of the owner living in one of the units, the...
Antonio Palumbo
Cash flow negative but making a profit. I think?
This is my first post so please be bear with me: I own a co-op in NY and have been renting it out. The numbers: Mortgage – $1580 Maintenance - $1,462 Sublet Fee - $281 – so it costs me $3325 a month to keep the apartm...
Terry Lao
90% of Bigger Pockets will never take action on REI
Today is Thanksgiving. Lots of time to talk shop, politics, or real estate investment with family and friends. I just spoke to acquaintance of in law, and he mentioned purchasing home within a year. I spoke to him abo...
Clay Manship
What Would You Do? Frustrated Young Investor...
I am 23 years old. And I wish I wasn't. I am an aspiring buy and hold investor, and have already closed on my first property. I make $50,000+ annually, have a 720+ credit score, and no debt. But I am stuck. Here is...
Raul R.
Maybe it’s time for there to be an age Requirement to join BP
Im seeing a trend, several kids have been posting on BP wanting to be Investors. As many of you did I posted on one of their posts which I now regret.
I’m reading thru the posts and I don’t believe BP is the place for...
Jacob Masters
TSP/403b/457b vs. Rentals
Confused about what is the best decision for me and my family. My wife and I have access to three pre-tax retirement accounts, each of which have good low cost index fund options. I expect that we could max out all th...