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Prelude: I wish the subject lines had more space. But I digress ;)Question: Do you think Bigger Pockets encourages Ninja Investors? For those unfamiliar, Ninja was a slang term, especially in the last run-up of "No In...
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Planning to try my hand at Airbnb arbitrage. I have never owned or been a host/landlord and am itching to get in the business. Due to limited capital I’m planning to give Airbnb arbitrage a go. The strategy is to sign...
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There have been many forum posts here on BP about Gurus in this business, evaluating their performance, etc. There are a number of active members of BP that swear up and down that they're not a "Guru". So what is th...
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Hello,I am new here and it would be very helpful to hear your feedback. I live in LA and have an accepted offer in Bakersfield to buy a duplex. Both units 2/1 (2'tandem' bedrooms, one of them is very small, like a sun...
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These gurus be charging thou$ands of dollars for their courses and seminars. If someone has that kind of money to pay for the course, wouldn't they be better off investing that money in real estate itself? Why pay $4k...
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I searched for posts related to this in this forum. I figured ask a slightly different question, maybe get a different answer, so here goes...
I get listings for lots of REOs. Some look decent numbers wise. My point ...
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Look at these numbers at 530 am.
Users currently online (575):
I can remember when we only had about 30 online at these early hours.
We just cant do without you BP and Josh.
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I asked Will if he would mind if I filled in some blanks that are additional to his IRA discussion. These would be from someone that has retired and knows a few of the secrets. .. He said to go ahead. Before I do, h...
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Hello all,Pretty new to the forum still so apologies if this is in the wrong spot. But I have a question about conventional mortgages vs FHA. I am looking to “househack” within the next 1-2 years. I am a recent grad a...
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Greeting BP communityQuestion for you all. I currently only qualify for conventional mortgages via Freddie Mac, which caps my loans at 6. I currently have 6 properties (including my primary) so I have reached my limit...