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Ryan D Whole Life Insurance & Real Estate
13 June 2016 | 120 replies

I'm wondering if anyone has any advice/opinions on using whole life insurance to supplement my real estate investments. I'm currently 25 and am debating on whether or not I should set up a policy now while I'm "young"...

Joshua Dorkin Updating the BiggerPockets Influence System
16 May 2012 | 190 replies

Hey All -
One of our upcoming projects is to update our influence system to one that better reflects a user's influence on the site.

We will be transforming the system from the current limitless influence scale to a...

Philip Johnson Loan says I got 48 "Debt to income" ratio, what he talking about?
10 April 2019 | 76 replies

Hi,I have 5 flip-to-rent properties, and i have a day job as well ... I just refinanced a property and my loan officer said I have a "high debt to income ratio of 48" What does that mean? How do I get this down? I am ...

Aaron T. What percent are you using for maintenance, vacancy, PM, etc???
20 December 2018 | 130 replies

I am using the BP rental calc to evaluate properties for potential rental performance. What numbers is everyone using for their expenses?I am using:Vacancy- 6%-8% this gives me one months rent at 8% or just enough to ...

George Yu I just built a 36 unit apartment complex.
3 August 2022 | 278 replies

Hey guys my name is George Yu and I love passive real estate. The idea of investing into something and then collecting mailbox money whether you feel like working or not is like having your own golden chicken as long ...

Giovanny Garcia Should I do the full 20 years
14 January 2019 | 131 replies

Hello BP! I am an Active Duty Army Staff Sergeant (E-6) currently at 9 years 5 months Time In Service with 10 months left of Active Duty service. This will put me at exactly 10 years 2 months TIS. I am struggling w...

John Payne When is it too late to tie up a Pre Foreclosure deal?
12 July 2017 | 48 replies

Learning more and more about Pre Foreclosures and Notice of Defaults, but one nuanced question. Whether paying cash or taking the property subject-to, the overdue lien that is causing the foreclosure in the first plac...

Matt Donley How the deposit affects cash flow
21 March 2016 | 65 replies

I hear so much about how important it is to have positive cash flow when analyzing a property to buy and hold. What I don't hear is how the deposit you put down on a property affects the cash flow (by directly affecti...

Eric Hathway Tenant late fees go to owner or manager?
13 September 2019 | 59 replies

I was informed today by my property manager that he keeps all the late payments when tenants pay rent late. Is that the norm or should I contest this? I know it could probably go either way and depends on what is in t...

Juan Gomez Tax Lien Investment Club
15 November 2017 | 83 replies

Hello BP!!!Does anybody have experience being a member of Tax Lien Investment Club. I was quite quick to join them in a "free real estate investment seminar" from  Success Path, but after realizing that Succes Path is...