Justin B.
Blackstone drops home buying 70%...Uh Oh!
The whole story about how private equity firms and hedge funds have steamrolled into the residential home market to become this decade’s slumlords is a story covered on this blog before mainstream media even knew i...
Tony Marcelle
Where do you find LEGIT partners to fund capital?
There are way too many scam artists out there claiming to be legit people to fund money for real estate investing. I do not have family and friends to rely on to get capital I need for real estate investing. I hear ma...
Austin Mize
Index funds for beginners
hello everyone first time posting in BiggerPockets, I was listening to the money podcast and Mindy and Scott where talking to a guest about low cost index funds in particular the S&p 500 and vanguard, I’m just ce...
Bob Shome
lack of suitable properties
Are others finding it harder to find good properties right now? In my area it seems to be the case. I try to find purchase in the 50-60% of improved value range, putting in 20% and making 30-40%. I am doing most of...
Charles Worth
How Low Can Your Return Go?
As returns seems to have compressed in most markets, I thought it may be interesting to ask the following question(s) to the BP community:1)How low can your returns go before you just withdraw from the market or seek ...
Brandon Sturgill
Simultaneous Closing and Fannie Mae Guidelines
Is a simultaneous close within Fannie Mae guidelines...? I am looking to close on a flip and trying to locate a title agency that will do the simultaneous close. The agency rep indicated they could do the closing if i...
Thomas Dionne
Question for people familiar with reo to rent and hedge fund strategy..
Im just trying to figure out if one thing is true about what the hedge funds are doing, I read this 2 weeks ago and cant not think about it...
Everyone has seen how hedge funds in a lot of cases are paying retail ra...
Trenton Petersen
CARES ACT retirement fund for real estate investing
What would be the downside of taking out $100k from my 401k to invest in rentals using the BRRR method? Many of the books I’ve read discuss how a 401k is a risky investment because you don’t have control of your own m...
Benjamin Carver
Savings versus Index Fund
Scott Trench states in the conclusion of Chapter 9 that it is "inefficient and dangerous" to attempt high earnings if an investor possesses less than $100,000 ready-to-invest dollars. He goes on to say that it would b...
Ryan Roth
$20k to invest
I have about 20k that I want to invest when a CD comes due in about a month. Initially I had planned to put it into the stock market but given the policies that the new administration is pursuing, I’m not strong on th...