Joshua D.
Why In the World would you invest in Real-estate?
What is your WHY??? What wakes you up in the morning and makes you want to do a deal? When I started 5 years ago, I used to think it was for financial freedom or more time with my future kids, but now I think I just e...
Mallie Messri
Fire Damaged Homes From Thousand Oaks Fire
Hi all,As many of you may know there has been a huge fire that's erupted in the San Fernando Valley over the last few days and many homes have been damaged or completely burned. In Starbucks this morning there were ov...
Joseph Kobrosky
Birddogging
First of all I want to say hello to everyone and I look forward to learning with all of you! Hopefully one day I can teach someone what I know. But anyway, I'm just starting with this real estate thing. I don't have a...
Sunny P.
Cash vs Leverage
one of the best parts about real estate is that you get to leverage your money. Put down 20-25 % and finance the rest. It makes sense. You can't get this kinda leverage in the stock market though the stock market is...
Carl Lester
investor schooling???
Hello,
Wanted to know from you, your opinions or personnel experiences in regards to investor schooling. No, not from some guru. I have been thinking, I'm so new to the industry this may work for me since they are l...
Erin Spradlin
Looking for advice on how to encourage HOAs to adopt Airbnb
We have recently encouraged our HOA to adopt Airbnb as a benefit to the condo building. Our thought is that it can actually be more desirable for some buyers, and also that the HOA could take a cut (say 5-10%) of the ...
Alexander A.
Financial Doom to happen on September 2015. Do you believe this?
I stumbled upon this video about the Shemetah which is occurring in mid september of this year so I posted it. It is a highly controversial conspiracy theory that the US is looking toward some kind of a financial mel...
Gary Hazard
Putting houses under contract but the seller is already working with a realtor
I have a another quick question. I have two people that need to sell there house but they are working with a realtor. Is it possible for me to put them into a contract? What do I need to do? Thank you
Andrew Call
Two buy and hold opportunities
Hello, This is my first post here on biggerpockets. I live on Maui, Hawaii, and am loooking to start REI, I have been studying and looking up deals for a while now.2 opportunities have presented themselves.In short, o...
Ross Schneider
Single Family REIT's.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/single-family-homes-are-hot-investments-2012-11-01?pagenumber=1