Billy Knox
Why use a Real Estate Agent?
Hello BP! I have a question for the group and was hoping to generate a discussion around this topic. Disclaimer – I am an instructor pilot in the Navy and not a real estate professional – so take everything with a gra...
Colleen Prescott
Should I not invest out of state?
I just got a Bigger Pockets email with an article about all the reasons I should not invest out of state. I live in the SF Bay Area and can not afford to buy in state and that article scares the s*^+ out of me.
If I ...
Jay Marks
New Landlord Wishing To Evict Existing Tenant....Help me out
Ok this sounds horrible but please read it all. I just bought my son and his wife a condo here in miami. My son is a trader, he's 27 years old and he was renting a unit for $6,500/month a big waste of money imo. He...
Meghan McCallum
Is investing in Chicago brilliant or ridiculous...go!
Everyone thinks they know the best places to invest, Ca, the south east, Cincinnati, your back yard...But, there is NO city that I hear more contention on than the city of Chicago. The third coast has ample opportunit...
Ben Leybovich
How To Get Out of Real Estate...?!
Everyone is asking how to get into RE. I want to know - how to get out? It was fun while it lasted, but I'm kinda done...Any ideas?I've had oil on my mind lately, and Serge is no freaking help. Should I maybe buy s...
Patrick Froehlich
Anyone begin their real estate journey in their late 40s?
I am would like to start investing in real estate but am in my late 40s. Anyone investors on BiggerPockets start that late in life? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
Pavel Sakurets
I'm surprised that from all the people on BP nobody knows the answer
I posted a question before if anyone knew how to find vacant properties besides contacting cities and driving neighborhoods. Shocked that nobody responded with an answer.We find that only larger cities have these reco...
Joe Kim
My $8000 problem. Do agents really deserve $200+/hr
I have a problem with paying people by percentage rather than pay per hour.For example, nearly every single property manager charges a percentage of the rent 6% to 10% of the monthly rent for property management fees....
Stuart M.
Why is cash flow important to many here?
I was thinking in a long term view. Take two examples, tell me which you'd buy.House 1:100k house, 5k down, 20k in repairsRents for 2kCash flow is 500/moHouse 2:500k house, 25k down, no repairsRents for 4kCash flow i...