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Results (161)
J Scott War is Making You Poor Act
1 July 2010 | 34 replies

For those of you who are concerned about government spending being out of control, and subsequently the risk of increasing taxes, I thought you might be interested in this bill:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_Ma...

Matt Turcutto HELP Discouraged flipper with dismal direct mail campaign results
13 December 2017 | 57 replies

I recently started a house flipping business (although I'm not sure how good of a business it is since I have yet to flip my first house). After researching for I can't tell you how many years and after what seemed li...

Mary Jay When would you buy a property with a negative cashflow?
22 March 2024 | 88 replies

Are there any situations under which you would  buy a property with a negative cashflow? May be if you know the rents will go up in the future... Then how long would you be willing to wait till the rents catches up wi...

J Scott Controlling Your Appraisals
3 April 2024 | 83 replies

Vikram and others brought up an interesting topic in another thread, and because it was buried pretty deep in there, I wanted to break it out into a new thread. The discussion was about how you go about getting your ...

Matthew Mucker Where does the 50% rule come from?
1 May 2021 | 300 replies

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

Jonathan Greene Are the forums on BiggerPockets getting worse and worse or is it just me?
23 January 2025 | 52 replies

I find them almost unreadable now. Finding a good post to respond to takes me close to ten minutes. There is so much AI, reverse trolling, and one-line posts that the moderators can't keep up. And I know because I was...

Tyler Caglia Discovered BP, Then Bought 3 Long-Distance Props In 14 Months!
12 November 2021 | 202 replies

Background: 
I've always had an interest in owning rental property, but due to living in CA and my inexperience I had assumed it was only accessible to those with significant cash in the bank, so I figured it was som...

Jake Carter My Short Sale Experience with WaMu/Ocwen
10 January 2009 | 50 replies

Hi all,
I am in the process of a short sale on my home here in CA. I started keeping a log of what has happened so far and thought it might benefit others if I share what happens. So I googled for a short sale/forecl...

Samantha Soto Cash on Cash ROI...reality check
15 April 2016 | 83 replies

Hello everyone,I'm new to this and working on acquiring my first deal along with my husband @Jose Soto.  We are looking for properties in the Huntsville, Al area.  We have primarily been looking at SFR.  We have been ...

Peter Vekselman Success Rate in Real Estate...Shockingly Low
19 October 2023 | 203 replies

If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing?  Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...