Jennie Carolan
Rent our place or sell and invest the money?
Hi all! My fiance and I have been listening A LOT to the podcast. One of the main takeaways we learned is "owning a home to live in is not an investment, it is a luxury." A little background... we live in Orange Count...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (November 16-21, 2020)
Economic Update(Monday, November 16, 2020)
Last week, the stock market roared higher on the news that a highly effective Covid-19 vaccine appeared to be just on the horizon. That was great news, but there’s still ...
Virginia Jones
Should I get involved with mobile homes?
I live in a town where one side of the railroad tracks is "good" and the other is "bad". The majority of my town are renters and there is a fair amount of mobile homes. I'm a Dave Ramsey listener and he is totally ag...
Donna Smolinski
B of A title issues disclosed AFTER $233,000 deposited in escrow to close!
I'm furious... we're in escrow (B of A REO property). We agreed to allow seller to select escrow/title services. We are having SERIOUS escrow problems. The escrow officer has NEVER returned a phone call or email an...
James Park
Asians drive faster than normal appreciation in RE: Fact or Myth?
I know that jobs, population growth of high income demographics, permit & land restriction, warmer weather with a good lifestyle, all have an influence in faster capital appreciation in real estate. What about Asi...
Joshua Sclafani
My First Rental - What are your best tips for a 1st timer?
We are almost done fixing up our first rental property and aim to have it rented ASAP. It's a 1920's bungalow in a very trendy neighborhood in Tampa and we want top rent for it (of course). I've listened to all of the...
Marcus Auerbach
Market update - what's going on across US: going up or turning?
With all the speculation on where we are currently in the real estate cycle and some more or less anecdotal evidence supporting a market crash or still more golden years to come I wanted to know the numbers and facts ...
Michael Figueroa
I have 500k to invest in Multi Family....
500K should give me about 2.5 Million in real estate. Where should I be looking? I live in California, and 2.5 Million doesn't go very far here. Also any general advice from experience you can lend me so I don't make ...
Shawn Moser
Should I pay for a one-on-one mentor?
Hey fellow BPers, I'm new to BP and to real estate. I had a discussion today with a mentor from the Doug Hopkins real estate program and they have a mentorship program where for one year I will have weekly calls with ...
Mark Ferguson
I bought a Lamborghini!
This has been a goal of mine for a while. On fathers day I took shipment of a 1999 Lamborghini Diablo. It is more awesome that I thought it would be!The full story is here including what I paid for it. http://inves...