Helen Rolls
Is there a Bigger Pockets for Investing in Stocks / Paper Assets?
Hi Everyone.I'm trying to put together my first five year plan for investing. My goal is to generate enough passive income within five years to be able to cover my expenses. Or get out of the rat race as Robert Kiyos...
Harish C
Help with first property & LLC
Backstory: Have a SFR in my wife’s name which we recently refinanced and currently being rented. Trying to start a LLC but lawyer highly recommended I get consent from the mortgage lender about transferring deed to...
Terry Lao
Another Hot housing forecast for 2019 by Realtor.com
Another housing forecast for 2019 by Realtor.com and time to make your predictions. The median national prediction is slowdown in sales of -2.0% and appreciation of 2.2%. All the top 10 cities beat the national averag...
Julie Fullmer
Distance investing, West vs. East
Greetings everyone! We are new to BP oh how I wish I knew then what I am learning now!!! (isn't that always the case?) We have owned several properties over the years. First purchase was a singlewide trailer nightmare...
Becky Lu
Is LLC really necessary when you just start out?
Hi BP members,My husband and I started our RE investing and bought a 29-unit apartment in Texas and a 16-unit in North Carolina this year. (We bought our residence with a VA loan back in 2011 in California.) After rea...
Sean Kollee
Expensive market portfolio building - a brief summary
Building a rental portfolio sounds easy when listening to a podcast or reading a blog article where the investor has accumulated dozens of units all at 1% rule multiples. But what to do in a market where you want to ...
Annchen Knodt
Thoughts on investing in Navasota, Texas?
I'm wondering if any folks in the Houston / College Station or maybe even Austin areas have any thoughts on whether it'd be a good idea to to buy SFRs in the small town of Navasota near CS. My parents (@Tom Knodt) an...
Ari Bachrach
Asset protection without an llc
Because asset protection is a high priority for me I've kept everything I've done until now in an llc. However I've been thinking about financing, and the very cheap and long term fannie/freddie loans are enticing. To...
Nuo Shi
Buy property in Bay Area with negative cash flow for first 2 year
I'm a first time investor.
Currently, looking into a fourplex in Bay Area, the rent is 2100, due to the landlord didn't increase rent for past 6 years. If the rent increase to 2400, I can break even, while the pre-c...
Will R.
Inglewood, CA Market
Hello BP. I'm a looking at making a purchase in the Inglewood, CA area and hoping to supplement with rental income - either getting a roommate in a SFH or acquiring a multi unit property. I have a few options on the t...