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Roy C. Would you invest in 401k instead of invest in real estate?
15 April 2018 | 146 replies

Assuming you have a corporate job with employer matching 401k, would you save money for down payment for real estate investment or would you invest in 401k?I understand this question can be answered differently depend...

Account Closed Landlords... Stop being so hard on your tenants
1 April 2020 | 125 replies

I've been reading through the forums here and I've read a lot of posts about how the tenants should have the money saved up to pay rent in an emergency, and if not they should use a credit card or the money in their r...

Zachary Giles Should I get out of debt before investing?
8 May 2020 | 84 replies

My wife and I are split 50/50 on wether or not to pay off all our existing debt such as student loans and auto payments before we take on more debt to invest into real estate, or we begin saving to buy our first renta...

Patricia Berman Beware working with Cory and Victoria Gamble in Iowa!!!
7 November 2022 | 21 replies

I hired them last year to act as maintenance/property management for my Dubuque properties, after Cory reached out to me on BiggerPockets in response to a post I made.  I thought things were fine until recently, I had...

Gerry Harris 100k in the bank and 100K in debt
18 December 2018 | 42 replies

Hello all! This is going to be a rather long post, but I am very perplexed on what I should do with my very current/upcoming situation.Long Story Short, for all intensive purposes I am about 100K in debt6k left on car...

Samantha M. Prepared for the 2013 Recession?
2 August 2012 | 54 replies

Many media outlets, respected investors and the like are reporting 2013 will be yet another recession. Possibly more severe than the one in 2008 due to factors such as increased national debt, printing money, manipula...

Scott Trench Why Would Someone that Is Financially Savvy NOT House-Hack?
9 February 2017 | 56 replies

I'm curious. I have written extensively about how I "House-Hack" and live in one part of a duplex and have tenants rent out the other portion of that. They pay down the mortgage and allow me to live for free.For every...

Andrew Syrios The 2% Rule is a Bad Rule: Discuss
3 October 2016 | 65 replies

I am not a fan of the 2% rule, although I will say I think rent/cost is my favorite calculation. We usually determine what type of rent/cost we can accept in any given area and go from there. According to Gary Keller,...

Julie Williams Travel nurses vs. long term tenants
2 May 2022 | 53 replies

Has anyone out there rented to both travel nurses and long term renters? Which was more profitable? Which was hardest to manage? I like the idea of renting to travel nurses, but there are always some landlords renting...

J Scott J Scott's Starting Out FAQ
24 June 2021 | 135 replies

In another thread, Josh suggested creating FAQs of topics that are often discussed/asked by newer investors on the site. While this isn't inclusive of the awesome contributions by hundreds of other contributors here ...