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"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."
Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...
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Hey Everyone!I will just leave this here! Enjoy!Also, I have bought two more houses in which I will be doing the same. Although, the purchase price on them are only $4,500!
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I AM! One side of my sign says "Clinging to GUNS and GOD!" and the other side says "NO SOCIALISM IN AMERICA!"
Anyone else?
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Hello Everyone! I just discovered Bigger Pockets about a month ago and am totally obsessed. I am a new investor and looking to purchase my first multi family, ideally a fourplex but open to a duplex or triplex. I have...
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Hello all,Just trying to wrap my head around what people are comfortable with as far as a good rate of return?If I'm putting down I've seen these numbers all over the place for residential real estate where people say...
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If you could only pick one type of location to invest in STR's for the rest of your investing career, which type of location would it be? Near the mountains(Like Gatlinburg), near the beach(Like Destin), or in a city(...
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It is pretty amazing to find just how many people are offering "mentorship" for 10s of thousands of dollars to newbies who want to get into real estate. What is more amazing is the amount of people actually buying th...
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I was told all these wonderful things about how I would get my money back for the work I put into the home. Ahhahhaha, no, that's not the way it works. You got repairs and you got improvements and only the REPAIRS c...
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Found a great investment property but trying to keep everything as cheap as possible and do a deal without a real estate agent(nothing against real estate agents). I found the owner of the property and can message the...