Brie Schmidt
2017 was a pivotal year and time to work on my lifestyle goals
The New Year offers a fresh start and a chance to make resolutions to make this year the best yet. Every year, I like to reflect on the previous year and update my network on what is to come. Every year that I sit d...
Kim Hopkins
Clear Height Misrepresented in OM - Thoughts?
We're in contract on a small bay industrial warehouse in the Phoenix metro area. We toured it today. It's a fantastic location and 100% leased. Downsides we were aware of is that there's too much office buildout And i...
Julie Marquez
Life Used to be Simple, Now I have Dozens of Accounts & LLCs
I know I'm not doing this right, and could use some help/guidance/suggestions.Back in the day when I had just a couple of rentals, I could do all my personal finance and budgeting using mint.com and google sheets spre...
Brett Hennessy
Best use of $150k today?
Going to take advantage of low interest rates and refi my primary house out of construction loan. Locked down 2.75%. Have the opportunity to pull out an additional $150 in equity and wondering the best use. Considered...
David Zeek
Should I take my money out of the stock market and invest in RE?
I have approx 20k in the stock market and am just starting out in RE investing. Historically, the stock market can give a 7% return per year. I think a cash on cash return of 10-13% is typical for real estate investor...
Dave Meyer
What Are Your Financial Interests Outside Real Estate?
As usual we're hard at work at BP trying to create better tools and content for our members. We'd love your input about what financial content you like to consume in addition to real estate. This survey should only ta...
Jerryll Noorden
The Definite Guide On How To Get Started Investing In Real Estate Succesfully
I get asked this all the time. Here is honestly the best way to get not just started, but become successful in record time.
So I decided, instead of answering hundreds of messages asking the same thing. How about I u...
Corey Dutton
Hard Money Loans No Longer Available to Consumers
The Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Protection Act have made it virtually impossible for a consumer to obtain a hard money or private money loan anymore. In the wake of the financial crisis, many consumers have had hits t...
Chad U.
Impending Commercial Real Estste Collapse
I think there will be bloodbath in commercial real estate, not so much in residential. It's already started. The WSJ reported this week that RBC bank was trying to fire sale $600B worth of property this week that it...
Erik Kamatro
Realtor Safety Guide
Great article on Realtor Safety. "On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 representing absolute confidence in your safety), how would you rate your safety as a real estate agent?Are you doing the utmost to keep yourself, your ...