Chris Breezy
Is a 457 or 401k beneficial to me
I’m 26 and I’m all about personal finance and investing. I have a good amount of money that invest in stocks and I also max out my Roth ira every year. My job provides a pension and annuity for retirement so this woul...
Travis Reed
Should an investor buyer use an agent for on market deals?
I am not very creative at looking for off market deals and generally spend most of my time looking at new zillow listing. I save my buy box properties and if they get 30+ days old I make an offer. I usually call the l...
Zachary H.
Partnerships- What's the deal?
Hello fine people of BiggerPockets. I currently work full time in logistics. My wife, Mav, is a stay at home (property manager) mom with our 5 month old son. We are fairly new to the business of buy and hold deals. We...
Karin Crompton
Well, this is awkward ... (HUD 1 will say I'm loaded when I'm not!)
Hey all,
We are scheduled to close tomorrow on the sale of a property we rehabbed (woo-hoo!). This is my first rehab, and we will make a decent profit (again, woo-hoo!) ... however, the profit is nothing close to wha...
Meena Price
File for LLC in my state or not?
Hello everyone,I really want to jump into wholesaling. I have my business plan and market budget mapped out and such, but I'm very passionate about getting started the right way. I don't see this as a fly by night or ...
Brie Schmidt
Eviction of an unwanted family member
Need some help with this one...Grandfather owns a duplex, he is 90 and not in the best of health. He owns the duplex outright (in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago) and has 4 children, one of which has a power of attorne...
Jeremy Pace
any recourse for damage caused by police?
So the situation:The local police executed a search warrant in one of my rentals. The broke the door frame and damaged the exterior of a steel room with a ram. They then proceded to look for someone who 1) is not my...
Daniel Suarez
Renting to sex offender
I am in the process of screening a potential tenant, he told me he had a felony from 15 years, he offered to explain but I didn't wanna push unless necessary. After doing a background check on him I found out he is re...
Matthew Masoud
Hot take: Personal booking websites for your STR are Mandatory
There's a popular post circling about why direct booking sites for STR/MTR are overrated. Although the author makes some good points it skips over many of the benefits and how the risks can be mitigated.
Owning Your ...
Scott W.
the danger of a 401k loan
I'm sure it's been discussed before but I'd like to tell something I see (correct if I'm wrong):a 401k loan should be among the last resorts for borrowing. reason being is you pay it back AFTER taxes. if you live in ...