Jason Yuan
Section 8 ask me to pay back 5 year rent for $44,000
5 years ago, i advertised my house for rent for $780. a lady said she has a section vouch for $760, but she can pay the difference of $20 from her pocket. so we signed the lease for $780, but she changed the amount to...
Ross Bowman
Peak of the market: gurus everywhere
Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
Account Closed
Renting to a Mexican citizen living in the US
I have a very nice couple with three well behaved kids that wants to rent one of my homes. The problem for me is trying to verify if they are good tenants or not. I asked for the standard copies of each of the couples...
Kenny Oliver
I have 200k to invest
Hello everyone my first post here!
I have been doing a lot of research on real estate investing reading books, podcasts and of course bigger pockets! multi family properties is something I want to focus on.
I ha...
Laura Reese
Buying a flat in Italy - Considerations?
I'm an American living in SE Asia and considering buying a small one bedroom flat somewhere along the Italian riviera. Why? The dollar is strong, and long term, I'd love to have a place we can go to for months on en...
Edward Hakobyan
Starting out in 2019
Hey fellow BP members I am a newbie here and to REI. While I have been interested in real estate for quite some time now, just recently have I started educating myself. I live in Los Angeles (gasp) and obviously I don...
Hank Olken
Ethics Around Reducing Tax Liability
Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...
Bryan Cork
Legalized marijuana and the effect on the market
I live in Colorado Springs, and we have dispensaries all over town. And I know that as well as store fronts that sell, there are a huge number of indoor grow operations that operate in industrial areas, as we as in re...
Monique Baskin
Need to be licensed to invest in notes?
Does anyone know whether you need to be licensed to invest in notes? I am getting conflicting info. I would like to invest my own money but would ALSO like to find note holders and connect them to institutional note b...
Aaron Mazzrillo
Protest Home Vestors Inc. Trademarking "we buy houses"
I received this email today. Seems like a worthwhile protest to join. I know more than one investor who received cease and desist letters from these clowns, all because they were sending letters and/or post cards that...