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Kyle Tipton Room renting to college students
26 January 2022 | 44 replies

Greetings BP,I have been running numbers and looking into renting a single rooms to college students vice entire homes to families. All the numbers I run lead to positive cash flow, but I’d love to hear from some inve...

Michael D'Egidio How can Realtors help investors to see the bigger picture?
27 May 2014 | 12 replies

Greetings BP Brethren!

I'm newer to the real estate business, I've been a Realtor now for the last 7 months. I've closed 4 deals, have 2 current listings and a whirlpool vortex of buyers... and half of them.....

Christopher Middleton Life Insurance used as a bank account
21 March 2016 | 55 replies

I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.

Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...

Alice K. Ever get jealous? How do $1M homeowners own that?!
21 August 2017 | 106 replies

Every single time I'm in any grocery store, walking the street, or anywhere in a posh neighborhood, esp. the Bay Area, I think: * "Golly, gosh, gee, how do these people afford these wonderful homes?"* "What do I have ...

N/A N/A Just can't get off the dime
2 April 2007 | 31 replies

Have been looking at a few properties but haven't been able to make the leap yet. Hard to part with money in the bank and get into another mortgage.

That said, our position is good. Plenty of cash - I have around...

Aaron L. Borrowing $100k from a friend to invest??
14 November 2017 | 52 replies

Hi BP! I'm putting together a proposal to raise funds for a downpayment. I'm hoping to raise $100k and then use it as a 20% dp for a small multi-family property. My proposal is to borrow the 100K at 10% interest for a...

Jon Mbu Is it typical for a Contractor to request 20% or more upfront?
13 July 2015 | 46 replies

Our General Contractor is requesting a 28% downpayment upon signing the contract for rehab work, prior to any work being started and he claims that he has been doing this for decades and never had issues with that bei...

Daniel Cruz More Success or More of What-Not-To-Do
9 August 2016 | 35 replies

Hey Everyone,More Success or More of What-Not-To-DoBelow is my first post in the Success Stories forumshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/17...I’m finally writing my 2nd “Success Story” post. I’ve been wa...