Ran Iarovich
How do you calculate risk when you are investing in residential real estate?
I want to hear your thoughts on how you calculate the risk of failure for investing in real estate. As someone who has invested in equities my whole life I was trained to look at the WACC value or Beta of risk based o...
Jon S.
Is it OK if parents pay Semi-Annual for College Students' Rent?
This pertains to regulations in Tampa, Florida. In short, the situation is that I have a multi-family property, and for one unit the parents of 2 international students want to pay for a 12 month lease in 6 month inst...
Nate Shields
**The Realities of House Hacking: What You Need to Know**
House hacking is often promoted as the easiest way to get into real estate—buy a property, rent out part of it, and let tenants cover your mortgage. Sounds perfect, right? The reality is, while house hacking can be a ...
John Moorhouse
Dropping out of High School.
I want to build a real estate investing business. I want to buy and hold, I want to rent I want to do BRRRR’s and I feel like High School is holding me back. I also want to get a job working with GC starting out as a ...
Nina B.
Is agreeing to rental terms considered a binding verbal contract?
A Father came to look at our rental for his newly graduated college son. I gave the Father a Rental Application as well as an Oregon Rental Application Addendum & Fee Disclosure. The Father dropped of both signed ...
Brian Bryson
About to drop 125k CASH for Firestone Park, Akron, OH & having an OOS PANIC ATTACK!
I acquired a Buyer's Agent from Zillow, told him I'm out of state & like a property, and now things are moving more quickly than I'm comfortable with. I hear many folks say, "Don't get stuck in Analysis Paralysis....
Colin Simpson
Buy and Rent vs. Rent and Buy
Hello BP,I am looking to get my feet wet in real estate investing after I just recently graduated college and started working a 9-5 in Little Rock, AR. I want to get started, I'm just at a fork in the road on how to ...
Account Closed
Before Investing......Have a Plan!!! by Nancy Neville
When we are little we say to others….”When I grow up I want to be a….” Doctor LawyerBankerPresidentEtc.Then when we grow up, we realize that in order to be all the above we need to have a plan. We just don’t happen to...
Devin Cronin
College Student Eager to Start Investing
Hey all, I am new to the Bigger Pockets community and am reaching out to ask, What should be my first steps to begin my real estate career? I have limited cash on hand, but am working very hard to save up for an initi...
Christy Holt
Fortune Builders - join or no?
Hello!I attended a Than Merrill workshop this past weekend. The attendees could apply for the Mastery program (I was unaware this was Fortune Builders prior to attending) They offer "hand holding" in the Mastery pro...