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Benjamin Couch Should I help my girlfriend pay off her debt?
22 September 2021 | 97 replies

BTW this is my first post!I am 22 and have been saving up for my first property, I currently have 23k saved in cash and I am saving $2800 a month that I am adding to that total. I want to buy a single family property ...

David S. When is enough enough? How many homes does one need!?
13 June 2020 | 184 replies

Perhaps I have an inner socialist I’m not aware of, but I have to ask the community, when is enough enough as it pertains to number of units owned?How often they ask on the podcasts “where are you going from here?” An...

Michael Fundaro What's your why? Why are you after financial freedom?
10 April 2023 | 35 replies

I'm looking for a little inspiration here. I haven't posted in a while, probably because I haven't been thinking of real estate much lately.  I "started out" 5 years ago when I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," and dove in. ...

Max M. What's up guys? Mom's Basement Loser from Palatine, Illinois (TLDR alert)
6 May 2015 | 74 replies

With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...

Forrest Faulconer Are Baby Boomers to Blame for Low Housing Inventory?
23 October 2020 | 53 replies

There are not enough houses to go around and I think I know why. Some have suggested the pandemic has caused the low inventory in housing, but with interest rates so low and houses selling above asking, why would any ...

Andrey Y. Significant Net "Losses" on Taxes despite Positive Cash Flow
12 March 2019 | 72 replies

I was just doing taxes for 2018 and have noted something peculiar, most of my properties I self-manage. So I do pay monthly PITI and HOA fees. Then there are repairs, occasional utilities, and of course depreciation d...

Joshua Dorkin The "Professional Tenant" from Hell: BEWARE ALL LANDLORDS!
12 July 2017 | 109 replies

I just finished reading one of the most incredible and shocking articles for the real estate investing industry. It is about a "professional tenant" (read: dirtbag) who may just be the worst there is.

If you are a c...

Erik Pierson Dual Career Real Estate Agent?
15 June 2023 | 48 replies

I'm sure there's many people out there on the BP forums who either currently or have previously held a real estate license. I would love to hear from anyone who has worked as an agent as a 2nd job or side business. I ...

Lillian Burke Housing for Poor People
26 March 2020 | 36 replies

Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...

Moises R Cosme When Will The RE Market Crash?
20 December 2020 | 127 replies

The history of markets tells us that we will always have a crash.  

This graph shows total consumer debt in the US since 2003
Housing crashes come from over indebtedness, this graph shows that US consumers have mo...