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Joe Demonte College Degree.... Is it helpful? (want your opinion)
20 August 2014 | 25 replies

Hey BP Nation! I wanted to get your 2 cents on whether or not you felt it is beneficial to have received a college degree (preferably financing) in your investing career? I believe college degrees are great for people...

Evan Kline MTR's 16 Months in: 10 things we've learned (South East, Winston Salem)
14 July 2023 | 39 replies

I thought I'd share some of our lessons from the past nearly year and a half of running mid-term rentals. Back in January 2022 we had an LTR turnover on one of our units. My wife and I have been super scrappy over the...

Brook Rieman Inheriting a "sexually violent predator against children" tenant
23 October 2018 | 73 replies

We had our offer accepted on our first rental property and after looking up the current tenants, we've got a convicted, registered sexually violent predator against children in this triplex. Repeat offender. Anyone de...

Laura Renteria I am 20 y/o.Should I get a degree in RE if it’s being paid for me
3 June 2020 | 27 replies

I’m not quite sure what my next move will be with real estate. I bought my first home in HI last year but I am looking to doing buy and hold properties in Kansas. I am active duty in the Army therefore my time is limi...

Duncan McGehee New member from Mississippi
17 November 2016 | 24 replies

My name is Duncan McGehee. I reside in Jackson, MS and am a tax accountant (working on the CPA). Ironically, I love talking and meeting new people and building relationships. I've always enjoyed the idea of getting in...

Shawn Parsh What is the key to getting people to take Action?
24 December 2010 | 18 replies

I can't even count the number of people who have approached me claiming they want to be real estate investors, but then never take Action. I'm interested in hearing if you have found anything that helps people move fr...

Jelmer Hilhorst Any tips for a 20 year old who wants to start investing?
13 April 2020 | 22 replies

Hi, my name is Jelmer. I own a small software company in the Netherlands called Royalution but i am also very intrested in real estate and building up cash flow. I am already reading many books about investing in real...

Seth Michael Carp House hack in College?
9 October 2023 | 20 replies

I have been told that in college I won't have enough time to house hack but to me it sems like a stronger option than just renting for 4 years. Any thoughts? Also was thinking about buying a condo to rent out instead ...

Brian Koralewski Out of state Investing
10 December 2015 | 12 replies

Hi All,I am from NYC/Long Island area.  My parents currently own a co-op in Queens which I would like to sell, for around 200,000+ (based on previous sales).  They want to sell this co-op to me.  I have other ideas ho...

Kimberly T. Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?
24 March 2014 | 19 replies

Hear me out.

Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...