New to real estate and looking for my first rental. Have been using the rental calculator on every potential property I find in Waukesha, Wisconsin and surrounding towns. Every single property is a bust! Negative cash...

@Brandon Turner and others often talk about making sure you have cash flow AND equity going into every buy-and-hold deal. But are there any circumstances where you'd pay full retail if the cash flow is good enough?The...

For those of you that think we are back in a bubble:  Have you sold any of your places into the 'increase'?  If so, where did you 'park' your cash?My issue is that between my wife & I we have sold 3 houses this ye...

I know I might be opening up a real can of something on this thread but I need to get some advice from some commercial RE investors if possible. I recently ran across a rather unique biz op. I have a client that's bee...

Alright. As the title says I am in need of financial advice.  I am 28.  I have been working a job I hate for two years, and have managed to save close to 10k.  At the beginning of the year I inherited a little over 15...

On Ally, their savings accounts are 1.75% right now.  I was looking at their other products... why would anyone even consider a money market at 0.9%-1.0% and CDs that are <1.75%?  Is there something I'm missing abo...

I was listening to talk radio today and they discussed corporate tax rates. I was surprised to learn that our country pays some of the highest in Corporate taxes in the World. Of course they were talking about how e...

Since I mostly just look and give instructions to the Super, it was a real "turn back the clock" moment for me recently when I was trying to meet an inspection deadline-not enough manpower to get everything done. The...

Hello, everyone!

Let me say first how I love , love BiggerPockets!!

Second- I got a situation here: i graduated from UCLA last year (biochem degree) then left to Russia to do some investments there ( got the whole...