Nicholas Varner
Data Driven or Theme Driven Investing
The Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time; enjoying one mo...
George Liu
Credit unions vs. banks vs. brokers
Looking to do my first MF deal, but there seems to be a wide variance in rates - anywhere from low 4s (brokers, but charge an additional closing cost) to high 6s. Where are folks finding the best combination of rates...
Casey Roberts
Insane Water Bill and Battling with Property Management
I own and operate a Real Estate Investment company in a small but lucrative market. Currently, my business is predicated around Fix and Flip investments. However, I recently came across a deal on a duplex that I sim...
Account Closed
Home sellers slash prices, especially in California
Seems like maybe the California market is topping out ? . . . *****************************************************************************************Home sellers slash prices, especially in California
In the four w...
Kevin Wood
Rice University Report on Gentrification in Houston
In gathering info for my monthly newsletter I came across this report by Rice University on future gentrification opportunities in Houston. The neighborhoods mentioned if you don't want to read the whole thing are:Thi...
Randy Person
Off and running!
My younger son joined Bigger Pockets a couple of months ago as we had decided to start investing in RE. He and I have formed an LLC for the partnership. We are going to use a buy and hold strategy investing in sub 50K...
David Charles Perez
Finding a market for rentals
What is a good way to find out if the property you want to purchase is in a good market for rentals? Does anyone ever experience crazy high vacancies or is it generally not a huge problem even for first time investors?
George P.
Gold and Silver - next bubble(s)?
With lots of people preaching gold (and silver), I can't help but wonder that gold maybe as well be the next bubble.
Any thoughts?
Sean Hurwitz
So, how much do I REALLY need?
Hi there, I'm a 'newb' from Los Angeles, CA and I have a quick question for all of you out there. Here are the stats on a hypothetical Flip deal:Cost: $125K Sale Price: $220K Rehab total: $40K I'm planning on putting ...
Daniel Shafer
GC Realty Investments in Chicago thoughts and experiences?
Hi BP community!I had a phone call with Bryan this morning about his company GC Realty and them as brokers/property managers. Overall the sentiment was very positive and so wanted to get a second/third/fourth opinion ...