Hi fellow BP members. I'm helping Bigger Pockets work on a project about using real estate investing to retire early (aka achieve financial independence).Would you mind taking a brief survey (mostly multiple choice &a...

Hi,I plan on getting out of rentals because it is becoming harder to be a landlord in Maryland.I'll be selling them.. but was wondering if it is a bad idea with regard to taxes to sell all of them right away.I underst...

So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...

This is the advice I got from a relative six years ago when real estate looked like it would never stop going up, gold was like $500 back then. He had liquidated most of his real-estate holdings (he owned several hom...

Hi All,     I apologize beforehand if this is not the right forum for such question, if so, please let me know where I should post this.     On Christmas eve, I got a call from my rental condo's property manager that ...

I have a rather interesting situation that I'm not exactly sure how to handle. So my parents are getting close to retirement and would like to make a few investments to help solidify their retirement future. Now the i...

Had a tenant pay in full for the month (with late fee)Got a text and girl said her husband was only supposed to give me $50 less because they needed it for groceries this week.What they paid me is what they owed for t...

Good Day to All,My name is Tate and I currently reside in Corpus Christi, TX. This is my second time posting on BP. My wife and I are getting ready to purchase a duplex. Side A is 3/2.5 and side B is 2/2. There is a c...

Hello BP community,
I am strongly considering putting in an offer for a 4-plex. I've run the analysis and the numbers work well for my defined criteria (CoC, Caprate, cash flow, etc). The one catch is, the current re...

Economic Update
(Labor Day Edition)
This crazy bizarre year will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, social distancing, facemasks, a recession, histori...