Rob Ringlehan
building my first business plan
BP, I'm just starting in REI and still looking for my first peoperty. I feel kind of lost with everything; what niche to start in, how to finance, realtors, lawyers, and GC's. I want to start with a business plan to f...
Bill Walsh
Florida Real Estate
I have been in the central FL area for 20 years. I have been investing for the last 10. I have made bunches of money the last few years in addition ot working a full time job. I am wanting to go full time investing...
Ajay Malhotra
Private syndication/portolio investment - thoughts on the deal?
I have an opportunity to invest in a portfolio project in a midwest city by a guy who has a good track record in RE: hes a lawyer who flips, started a management company, wife is a RE agent and has maint/rep/plumbrs...
Tim Kersting
Negative net worth, deep in debt, struggling business...
hello all,I'm looking for some advice.... Why else would I be starting such a threat... LOL.Basically, as the subject line indicates, my business is not producing as much as it needs to financially. For the last five...
Nick Rutkowski
How does one go about buying real estate on Mars?
It's going to happen. One day, maybe in our life time maybe in our kid's life time. Elon Musk wants to terraform the red planet back to green and blue. Let's say it works and we can now travel to our neighboring plane...
Paul M.
Newbie introduction plus dual agency question
Hi Bigger Pockets community in SLC.I'm a newbie investor in the area. I've had a chance to meet a few people at the SLREIA lunch, REI Expo, and at an MJARE open house. I'm also joining UVREIA and UtahREIA and plan ...
Rigoberto Medina
Budget to dig myself out of debt now up and running
Let me start with a little background on why I am posting this as it strikes me as a bit of a random post to just throw out there. The weekend of the 9th through the 11th I had to drive from Corpus Christi, Tx. to Cla...
Account Closed
When a housing bubble bursts, do rent prices decrease accordingly?
I want to make sure when I'm buying rental properties, that they can remain profitable in any market. I ignore the possibility of the value of the property increasing, I only am going to make decisions based on payin...
Francis A.
Despite their high taxes, the wealthy keep moving to California
There has been a lot of talk of people moving out of California. To this effect, the Los Angeles Times has an article that goes by the subject "High taxes be damned, the rich keep moving to California". Has anyone rea...
Brie Schmidt
HELOC payoff strategy
Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...