Quamal Burton
Should I Quit My Job or Stay?
I've been considering quitting my job a lot lately, should I? I recently purchased my first 3-flat where I should be able to successfully house-hack. Mortgage is 2k and rental income should be about $2600 a month. I m...
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Zillow officially enters the house flipping business...
The full story is on Bloomberg.com here: Zillow wants to flip your house should you want to read all the details.For those with TLDR syndrome the gist of it is:Zillow has now joined the ranks of high tech real estate ...
Alexander Alguire
Your BIGGEST "There's no way I can do this whole REI thing"
As I am in the process of getting educated and either finding a lender who will lend to me, or a partnership/other sort of creative way to buy, I had a total "how the hell am i going to do this moment" last night that...
Nathan Langdon
Raise Rent to Market or keep good Tenant?
I just closed on a duplex in April using FHA financing to do a house hack. The market rent for each of the units (both 3 bedroom + 2 full bath) is approximately $900 each. I have inherited the tenant living on the ot...
Arthur Means
How to invest 500k and maybe retire
Hey all,
I have a cryptocurrency investment that has matured nicely. I am thinking about an exit strategy. I have a full time job and don't really want to self manage so any real estate would need to be fully manage...
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Would you get a house "subject to" at full retail value?
Would you ever use the "subject to" method to get a buy and hold property if you had to pay full retail for the house? I've watched several of my neighbor's houses sit for 6 months or a year with a for sale sign in th...
Yang Zeng
First investment (multi-home) property, close to home or in a cheaper market?
Hi all, first time posting here.I have been listening to the BiggerPocket podcast for a few months and would like to get my feet wet.There is an opportunity, close to where I live in Los Angeles, which asks for 2M. In...
Nate R.
Self-manage or hire a PM?
We bought a recently remodeled home (our first investment property) and are about to start getting it ready to rent. We haven't yet handed over the keys to the PM and my mentor is encouraging me to self-manage. The pr...
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Using NPV for real estate investments
I like to use Net Present Value when evaluating deals, but I don't see it a lot on this forum or other real estate evaluations. Can anyone shed some light on why not to use it?
Jeffrey Douglas
Whats The Best Book Youve Recently Read???
Think of a book youve read in the last 3 months that you gleaned the most knowledge from. Share with the group the title and author and one reason why it was so great!