Russell Sherman
Cashing out of high gain home
I would like to get opinions to help me determine my best financial options.I am 59 and last year was forced into retirement and also got divorced. My settlement was a single family home I purchased for $295,000 in t...
Diane G.
How would the new buyer of $2m Sunnyvale house feel?
About 2 months ago, a 2/1 SFH in Sunnyvale sold for $2M, and made headlines in the Bay Area for a few days. https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17073100/silicon-va...2 months later, a SFH in the same neighborhood, 2x the s...
Ben Ashburn
Received an Inheritance and Don’t Know How to Use It
I recently ran across Biggerpockets and immediately became hooked. I’m writing because of a unique circumstance and I’m hoping to solicit some advice from more experienced folks on how to best deal with it.Recently, w...
Engelo Rumora
Why you should NEVER invest in stocks over real estate...
WOW! Now that is some "C Class" volatility going on in the stock market.General Electric- Will it ever go up?Large Cap Technology seems to be going down the drain.The stock market is down 10% in the past 6 weeks. "No ...
Collin Hays
Gatlinburg STRs and the recession of 2022
I have spoken with several of you by email and phone the last couple of weeks about Gatlinburg investing and the increasingly imminent recession. I decided to write a blog post on the subject today. Feel free to che...
Marek Kucharski
Important decision: Rental real estate vs stocks
My wife and I have three houses that we rent out. This journey started about 10 years ago. We have 15-year mortgages on these. The houses are worth about $800K (TX). We are very happy with how these houses appreciated...
Jerry Shen
Have $2 Million, what to do?
I have $2 Million to invest in real estate (part of windfall for selling a tech company). After reading the Ultimate Beginner's guide, I've settled on apartment investing. My question is, would it be better to get mul...
Mark Robertson
Its happened: The first Crowdfunding investment that's NOT working out
ifunding seems to be the first crowdfunding portal to have an investment (actually 5 investments) not go according to plan. They have 5 fix and flip deals in Milwaukee with the Orange group that were suppose to yield...
Michael Rossi
Is ANYTHING Worth Fighting For?
I've been wondering lately if the American people would rise up and fight for ANYTHING? My personal opinion is that the American people would give up every single right they have (including their property) and become...
Timothy W.
What if there is no housing "recovery"?
One of the things I always try to be conscientious to is herd mentality. Recognition of herd mentality and the pure luck of a well timed divorce kept me from investing in real estate in 2007 and waiting until 2008 wh...