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Hello All,I just passed my exam out here in Cali and am looking for brokerages and I've been contacted about Exp Realty from a couple agents... I'm wondering if you guys and gals can share your experience with this br...
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The recent Federal Reserve meeting has sparked much discussion, particularly around the rate changes. It's essential to understand the broader context of these adjustments and their implications. Here’s an analysis of...
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Hey BP community!On my never ending quest for more wealth I have been led here, to apartment real estate investing. So much wealth in the world created by real estate through the power of leverage and scale, I had to ...
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I had a funny thought pop into my head as I began to prepare for the upcoming tax season: should I intentionally pay more taxes (by not taking all deductions/credits claimable) so as to be able to leverage that income...
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First, a confession - I am a total newbie, never done a deal and still in the learning phase. So the chances are I'm missing something really obvious but I've been analysing a deal on a house and it seems too good to...
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I am running a 30-day minimum property on AirBnb/VRBO and just had a bizarre and bad experience with AirBnb that others might want to look out for. A guest booked my property back in April from June 15th - September ...
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Hi folks, I've been researching how to get started with REI (house-hacking/duplex, or SFR with roommates), and am wondering what sort of strategies people use when starting off with lower income but high starting capi...
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Obviously a wise person would put away 6 months to 1 year of operating expenses for any property. Assuming that one did this, when following the 50% rule, is the property then labeled "self-sufficient?"
If this is t...
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i am rehabbing a house that keeps getting vandalized. at first they just stole some copper from the AC but last night they pulled copper from hot water heater and the whole house is flooded.
I'm thinking about insta...
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While replying to another thread about family size, I was reminded of two separate incidents regarding size of another nature.The first was a few years ago when I showed a vacant 2BR/1BA house to woman who had called ...