Ashley Gish
Student loans or investment property
Together my husband and I have almost $200k in student loans with a significant portion of them being at 6% interest. 53k of that is at 6.8% and 7.2%. We currently live and work in Oregon and are interested in getting...
Ben Leybovich
Leverage Is Through the Roof!
Lenders are getting more and more aggressive in their underwriting - read this...I am researching a project and reached out to a friend who is working for a big lender. He confirmed - they are approving stuff that m...
Mike D.
Mortgage Assignment Contract Overview?
I have been inquiring about this new method of real estate investing. Is there anyone here on BP who's familiar with doing Mortgage Assignment Contracts? If so what are the pros and cons? I want to start doing this be...
Charles Ho
Real Estate vs. Stock Portfolio
Coming across this website and the Financial Independence subreddit, I've gotten an itch to increase my rental real estate portfolio to start generating residual income. My wife and I sat down together to look at our...
Samantha Miller
Lesson learned. . . seeking encouragement
Hey BP. I wanted to share a tough lesson learned, partly to help others learn from my experience and partly to seek any words of wisdom/encouragement. :( Thanks in advance!I am just 2 weeks from closing on my first p...
Nick Brubaker
Best Buy-And-Hold Markets Long Term
Hi everyone! I am from Atlanta, Georgia, but have been living in Asia (currently Tokyo) for the past 7 years. I and my wife plan to move to the US around the end of this year at which point I'm planning to start a c...
Jesse Houser
Real Estate vs Other Investments
Hi all!So I've been talking with my wife about the benefits to real estate investing vs. other forms of investing (stocks, bonds, annuities, etc.). She leans very much towards those forms of investing because it is wh...
Tyler Jahnke
Morris Invest Case Study 2.0
Hello BiggerPockets!I stumbled upon the Morris Invest Case Study by @Ian E. and am now inspired to document my current investment with the company. This is kind of a long post, but I hope you stay with me. Clayton Mor...
Kyle J.
What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus?
Just watched this fascinating and well-done story by CNBC on "What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus?"
Now, I live and invest in California, so I'm definitely not a California hater. However, I'm also no California...
Karen Margrave
People are fleeing California, are you?
I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it. A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...