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Brad G. Getting Real Estate License for an Investor - Advantages & Disadvantages
25 January 2014 | 6 replies

I am investor looking to buy the first rental property that I do not live in, and I have been contemplating getting a real estate license. I am wondering what the advantages and disadvantages of getting the licens...

Dan Krause advantages/disadvantages of finding a foreign investor for real estate?
13 June 2012 | 7 replies

:D If you are a bird dog and come up with a foreign buyer (in my case a Canadian buyer or any other country) what are the good and bad aspects of such a deal? Currency advantages to the buyer? I am in the Detroit are...

Alex Gallardo What’s are the advantages of a 203K FHA?
7 November 2017 | 4 replies

What are the disadvantages and advantages of a 203K FHA and the same for a regular FHA ? Thank you

Roman Hantsyan Is property crowdfunding a good idea?
10 August 2018 | 1 reply

Property crowdfunding appeared in the past 5 years as an alternative real estate investment opportunity. The main objective of the property crowdfunding was to eliminate the disadvantages of traditional RE investment...

Eric Armstrong Any advantage to buying the LLC that owns the property?
10 October 2017 | 6 replies

I'm looking into purchasing a 6 unit(2 businesses and 4 residential) that is owned by a LLC that only owns this one property.  I was wondering what the advantages/disadvantages were to purchasing the LLC instead of th...

Ramez Qubain REITS vs Direct Real Estate Investing
31 March 2014 | 1 reply

Dear Bigger Pockets Members,

Assuming one has a sizable amount of money (500K to $1mil) to invest in real estate; and one of the investment options is to buy rental properties,so basically that person becomes...

Stephanie Lao gamotea Is condotels are good investments?
21 September 2018 | 1 reply

Is condotels good investments and in 20% downpayment you’ll earn already what ate the advantages and disadvantages

JL C. Husband and wife LLC: member-managed vs. manager-managed
20 February 2017 | 3 replies

We (husband and wife) are about to acquire rental property and form our first LLC. From an asset protection perspective and a tax perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a member-managed vs....

Steve Emery Is section 8 a good first time buy?
30 August 2020 | 6 replies

Listening to bigger pockets section 8 has been reported as recession proof. Does anyone have positive or negative thoughts about section 8? Thinking about first buy in section 8. 

Mark Forest Does an LLC trully protect landlord?
23 November 2012 | 10 replies

I discussed this in the landlord forum, but I am hoping for some more input. I know it is very common for real estate investors to hold their companies in an LLC. However after reading Mr. Reed’s comments at http://...