Jason Lee
What did you guys do for a living when starting out?
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...
Kelvin He
Is operating with negative cash flow a good move?
Hello, this post is an update to my previous post : To summarize that post: buying a house for ~$250k w/ a 30-yr fixed rate loan, will try to lease it out for ~$2k a month, monthly expenses are ~2.2k a month.The fixed...
Gina C.
Wholesaling Process for Pre-Foreclosures and Foreclosures
Hi guys,So I recently became a landlord and I’m testing other ways to make money in real estate. I read up on wholesaling and wanted to try my hand at it. I bought a list of homes in the early stages of the foreclosur...
Conway Churaman
HELPPPPP!!! About to be kicked out of place by owner....should I buy it?
So two years ago I became a member here at biggerpockets because I was interested in becoming financially independent. The consensus here on the forums was that I shouldn't get into real estate if I wasn't going to b...
Jason Merchey
Doom and Gloom? I Read a Book by David Wiedemer & Robert A. Wiedemer
I read Aftershock, the latest edition, by the brothers Wiedemer. It was fairly dark, much about our economy being a multi-bubble economy, the weakness in housing for various reasons (including the 50% or so cash tr...
Mike Williams
Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, or people on disability
Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc… If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable. You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...
Paul Staszel
NO GUNS ALLOWED!!! sticker... should I put it up or not?
Concealed carry and gun laws are becoming growing topics. With that being said, should a landlord of a multifamily unit (5 plus units) make his/her building a Gun Free Zone (if the state law permits)? Should the lan...
James R.
Glut of STRs in Every Major Market. The Elephant in the Room.
There seems to be a glut of STRs in every major market, yet there are RE agents out there telling people that there is demand.There may be demand, but if the owner cannot book their place to cover the costs, how can R...
Roy Assaf
Yellow letters direct mail in Brooklyn, NY - Not even one phone call after our 3rd touch, Why?
BP marketing experts, I have a question:We started our direct mail (yellow letters) a few months ago in a hot area in Brooklyn, NY.We bought an absentee owner list from listsource and we decided to send out 400 letter...
Matt R.
Bitcoin is 10k again what are you going to do now?
Just curious what other investors think. Is this just another hype deal or is this a new reality for possible rent collection?
Side note, I tried to sell a house for bitcoin in 2013 with no takers or even one response.