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Rob Pattison In escrow to buy beach adjacent property in Costa Rica.
12 December 2022 | 89 replies

I'm looking for advice from anyone who has bought property in Costa Rica.   It's been my dream to have a house within 60 seconds walk to a beach where I can surf, where I can step out on my front porch and both see an...

Michael Figueroa I have 500k to invest in Multi Family....
11 April 2023 | 61 replies

500K should give me about 2.5 Million in real estate. Where should I be looking? I live in California, and 2.5 Million doesn't go very far here. Also any general advice from experience you can lend me so I don't make ...

Michael Swan How To Identify Bad "D" Or "F" Class Areas
24 July 2018 | 81 replies

Hi all,Since I was featured on Podcast 238 about a year ago, I have talked to many BP Nation Members asking me if they should buy this deal or that deal.  Here is a simple way to determine if a deal a broker is sendin...

Ramon Wilson Are RE investors in Los Angeles crazy, stupid or know a secret?
9 September 2018 | 64 replies

I have been looking around at multi-family investment properties in gentrifying areas of Los Angeles. I received the email below which is representative of feedback I've received from many brokers in this area. Are RE...

Kenneth M. Is it OK to buy into a Negative Cash Flow Property?
11 June 2016 | 110 replies

Hello, Newbie here!I'm putting an offer in on a triplex in southern California for about $950kIts in a desirable area and it brings in about $5k a month in rents. The rents are about as high as they can go, so I can't...

Joshua Dorkin How Are You Planning on Making 2015 a More Successful Year than Last?
19 October 2015 | 177 replies

I'll kick off the obligatory "what are you going to do better" post for 2015 . . . so, how are you planning on making this year a more successful one than last year?

Austin Fruechting Officially Financially Free at 32 !! - Exciting Day!
15 August 2017 | 255 replies

My first real estate investment was in 2010.  I kept acquiring properties, sometimes using the BRRR strategy.  I've been without a day job for 1.5 years looking for more deals and got a couple large portfolios in 2016...

Andrew Fidler Toledo Lead Paint Law...Halted for the THIRD Time
30 June 2023 | 100 replies

https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2020/06/26/kapszukiewicz-administration-delays-lead-safe-housing-enforcement-citing-coronavirus/stories/20200626079The latest and greatest on the Toledo Lead Ordinance. The 2019 ...

22 January, 2014
BiggerPockets Podcast 054: Investing in Under $30k Real Estate, Working a Day Job, and Good Vs. Bad Neighborhoods with Lisa Phillips

How much money does it really take to buy a rental property?

$200,000?  $100,000? $75,000?

On today's show, we are going to chat with Lisa Phillips, a real estate investor who buys real estate in the under-$30,0...

Karen Margrave People are fleeing California, are you?
26 January 2019 | 311 replies

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...