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It’s time to schedule (another) meet up in the East Bay! I recently had the pleasure of meeting quite a few fellow BP investors in San Francisco, and had a great time enjoying some drinks and learning from everyo...
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Apparently this is a new podcast title, and I don't think it's a good one. BP needs to stop setting unrealistic expectations. I get the fact that it is great click bait, everyone wants to dream, just a few years of "b...
Hey everyone. So I've had my condo listed online for a week, and out of all the people who've come in, I only have 1 potential tenant, but he hasn't submitted the application yet. Essentially, 80% of the inquiries n...
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As I noticed my last post tick over to 2,999 posts since I joined the site, I thought back to reflect on my introduction to Bigger Pockets so many years ago, what it has done for me, and my biggest mistake :) What h...
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On the lastest Bigger Pockets podcast (#383), Josiah Smelser mentioned that between him and his partner and their spouses, they had access for 40 Fannie/Freddie mortgages.
I looked into this strategy, seems that in o...
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Hi all,I’m currently in a situation where I’ve got a Tax Burden of approximately $2 million. I need to reduce this with real estate investments before the end of the year. What can I do?I’ve been trying to develop a g...
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I’m looking at a strip center in the $500k range. I could sell a few of my duplexes and 1031 into it but I’ve considered just syndicating it to gain some experience on a small deal. It’s a 100% occupied 12 cap deal wi...
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Hey BP,I live in San Diego, CA and would like to invest out of state. I like the idea of investing OOS because it means my investments will have to be passive and it gives me the whole country to choose from. The down...
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Hello, I've been on the lookout for my first rental property in the los Angeles market. I may have found one in Tarzana which I put an offer down on but after reading a book called How An Economy Grows And Why It Cras...