Brendan M.
Ramsey and Kiyosaki Are Wrong: Why You Should Finance Depreciating Liabilities
Most personal finance pundits will tell you that if a purchase does not produce income and depreciates, it's bad debt. They'll also tell you that you should avoid bad debt wherever possible, buying things like cars up...
Mindy Jensen
Att: Traditional Lenders - Question About Due On Sale Clause
I always thought that when you transfer title, you trigger the due-in-sale clause in a traditional mortgage.I see questions time and again from investors who want to transfer ownership of their residential property pu...
Michael Rossi
"The Next Level"
I often hear the gurus and paid mentors talk about taking your business to "the next level". I'm wondering what that means. Does that mean that you should never be satisfied with the size of your business? Does tha...
Jacob Bindler
Is hiring agent to sell worth it.
Somewhat dated, but still one of the best studies. MARKET DISTORTIONS WHEN AGENTS ARE BETTER INFORMED: THE VALUE OF INFORMATION IN REAL ESTATEThis is an abstract. Agents are often better informed than the clients who ...
Collin Hays
"I'm not making money on my vacation rental...now what?"
I get calls to this affect from various people around the country about once a week now. It is all a part of the downcycle of vacation rentals. I am strictly speaking from a macro perspective here - certainly there h...
John Lyszczyk
Why is Lumber so Expensive?
I noticed some BiggerPockets members asking about the rising cost in lumber and plywood, and given my background, I figured I wood (haha) weigh in on this subject. I currently work for a lumber company and I primarily...
Bruce Woodruff
Anyone have an idea where the market is headed?
I'm just curious what y'all think about the general market? Good time to buy or sell? Buyer's market/Seller's market/neither?
I had a discussion today with a Realtor who expects a rough time ahead....what with the el...
Engelo Rumora
WTF is wrong with investors these days?
So I get investors reaching out to me everyday and it goes like this:"Hi, I know you offer turnkey properties and property management and am interested in the Toledo market, I don't want to buy turnkey but was hoping ...
Atul Mohlajee
Difficult High Maintenance tenant from Hell, Complains about everything
I have a female tenant in her 30s with a young daughter. She started on March 15, 2023 on a 1 year lease. She keeps texting and calling about every problem that is there or not there. She wanted me to refinish tub....
Lawrence Moss
Health Care Reform Yes or No?
Should we refom health care? Do we leave thing the way they are? Do we pay $800 co-pay per month and then bail out banks? Are we listening to our president or do we disagree just to disagree? Please share how you feel.