K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
James Gates
FIRST BRRR Complete! Details + Pictures!
Hey Biggerpockets!My partner and I just completed our first BRRRR and we are so STOKED and THANKFUL for the education we have received from this website. I am writing a summary of this report in the hopes that someone...
Josh Stack
A "Hall Analysis" of Gastonia as a Market for Buy&Hold Rentals
Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
Adam Bartomeo
Who is more unethical Realtors or used car salesmen?
I know this will ruffle a few feathers but it is a fair question. I have met and had hundreds of interactions with realtors and I am never surprised at the new lows that some of them can reach. I was also a manager at...
Nicole Pettis
This isn't easy...
Many say grit and persistence keeps us going. @Engelo Rumora reminds us to be willing to keep going when you don't think you can keep going any longer. And I've learned that its about the relationships that you build...
Justin Jarboe
LEASE ADDENDUMS? What extras do you add to your lease
What are your favorite add ons to add to your lease? Do you have an addendum to your standard residential lease? Examples: Smoking is prohibited in the unit. LANDLORD permits the use of parking space #XXXX t...
Tucker Cummings
REI Reply - Too Good To Be True?
Wondering if any wholesalers or other investors have used this software service, REI Reply. Seems too good to be true and wisdom tells me that it probably is. But hey, maybe they've cracked the code or something. I th...
Shiloh Lundahl
Newbies: Eager to learn or Entitled?
I know that BiggerPockets looks down on guru education programs and seminars that cost thousands of dollars to teach people what they can learn for free on this website. However, I didn't find BiggerPockets until afte...
John Arendsen
What would you do with a million dollars?
If you had a million dollars and it was the only million you had sitting in a money market account drawing less than 1% per year how would you invest it?
Rob Barry
Where did I go wrong? Section 8 Horror Story.
So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...