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Honest question, why lockup your money in real estate when over the past decade crypto (bitcoin) has better returns and you can now earn passive income and are much more liquid than buying a home? I am moving more an...
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Howdy Bigger Pockets Peeps, As an agent in Austin TX, I have felt the inundation of California Natives to the Hill Country of Texas. This exodus has only just started but it has had a fairly significant impact on our ...
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Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...
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The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...
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Greetings BP!
I'm new to the real estate community and i'm looking to getting into real estate investing. From what i have concluded, real estate investing takes quite a long period of time before you start t...
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Hi all,
I'm purchasing my first property (Milwaukee) and asked my mortgage broker (Chemical Bank) about transferring the deed after the loan is secured. He said I can't do that. And that I'll need commercial lendin...
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To the group: As more and more "deals" cross my desk and I perform underwriting, I find that the vast majority of these deals are simply overpriced offerings - even in lousy locations, Cap Rates are around 3-4%. Mos...