Bill Horton
Spouse support for investing
Have any of you had to deal with your spouse not being fully supportive of your real estate investing?
This is a big hurdle for me to get started with investing in real estate. My family has been investing in real es...
Benjamin Riehle
Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Homes?
A week ago, I wrote an article explaining how the millennial generation (myself included) could creatively finance a down payment for their first property. What was intended to be an informational article on BiggerPoc...
Chris Chesser
Deeply discounted college degree
As I'm walking down the hallway at work to start another long shift for mediocre pay, I saw a post that my employer will cover up to 80% of tuition costs should I choose to go back to school. School has never been som...
Dawn Anastasi
Diary of a $3,900 house ... wait, what? $3,900, yes that's right!
Okay, so this one is a little out there even for me!What on earth could I possibly be talking about? $3,900 for a real house, not a Barbie doll house right? Where am I -- Detroit??? (See what I did there Josh, you ...
Paul S.
Where do I start from ZERO?
Hello, this is my first time on this post. I am 31 years old and live in Queens, NY. I have struggled with finances for years and have never been too successful with jobs/careers. I had a small business, but it failed...
Joe Liu
Right of redemption law (in Oregon)
Hi guys, does anyone have experience with the "right of redemption" law? So what I am wondering is if a Judicial foreclosure happens and lets say the house is worth $200k. They for whatever reason let it go to somethi...
Mike Terry
A danger of rapidly increasing home vaules...the cashout refi
Something occurred to me today as my neighbor just sold his home for 200k more than he paid for it 18 months ago... beware of the cashout refinance. It is different this time. It always is. It is hard to recognize ...
Brandon Morgan
using home equity or HELOC as a down payment?
does anyone have any experience with using their current homes equity for down payment on another home? I have a lot of equity on my current home and was thinking of taking some out in the form of a HELOC as a down p...
Johnny L.
Where's the Money in Being An Agent?
I'm really having trouble seeing where the money comes from from being agent. It seems that if you're not selling 12, 20, 30 homes that it's extremely difficult to make a living. From the experiences I've heard it's h...
David West
To (Air B N) B or not to (Air B N) B? That is the question.
Does anyone have experience with short term rentals on sites like Air B N B? I want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly! I'm in the San Diego market so there is a high demand for short term rentals and it seems li...