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Hello to all the members of Bigger Pockets. I would like to introduce myself to this community. I am 57 years old and have been involved in building homes all my life until....... The crash. In the last five yea...
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I’m thinking about becoming a Real Estate Agent. I was curious about the process, and what it takes to be a successful agent, or it was a better ROI to just be an investor?
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Hello Everyone,
I am Manny and we are from Murfreesboro, TN just a few miles southeast from Nashville.
My partner Ivan and I have been in working in the Multi-Family renovation business for over 10 years and we ha...
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I am looking at a multifamily property in a good area that produces a 9 cap return. My concern is that a third of gross income is from the retail bays. My quesstion is what are the major challenges with finding and ma...
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I am purchasing a Short term rental and would like to better understand the potential tax costs of having a self directed IRA vs a self directed 401K. I understand that the 401K is not subject to UBIT but I don't kno...
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This post has 2 major questions that could use your honest feedback!
Situation #1 : Earning more to buy more real estate.
Currently working as a customer success manager with a really great company, But I desire t...
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Hello all. I am just starting out with real estate investing. I just set up my LLC (received EIN #s today!) and want to hit the ground running asap. I will need some investor connects in the DMV area. So far I hav...
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We just opened escrow on a parcel of land on which we will be building a new 11,000 sq. ft. medical office building in Fullerton, CA. It's 3/10 of a mile from St. Judes Hospital, and the ONLY available parcel on which...
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Hey BP! My wife and I are considering opening a real estate office. She has been a licensed agent for around 6 years and a licensed broker for 2. She's consistently in the top 15% or so of agents in our MLS and is ...
Howdy folks. Newbie here.1. How do the office spaces compare to multifamily (or living spaces for that matter) as investments? In my experience, I mostly hear houses or multi-family as the first and foremost cash flow...