Stephen Foltin
What a Winning Bid Looks like?
Hello all,I am in Charlotte and have now been outbid six times in six months. I have tried offers with $20k over asking, guaranteed offers, guaranteed money over appraisal, and lately a combination of all of those. Ev...
Alex S.
SF condo, sell or rent for a loss?
Purchased a condo in a nice part of SF in 2017. overpaid, but at that point housing was appreciating quite a bit year over year and we were confident we’d be able to rent at cash flow positive rate if we ever moved. W...
Cole Bennett
Doing fine w/ stocks, hoping to do better w/ REI - how to start?
Hey I'm pretty new to the BP forums and the BP podcast. My wife and I are learning a lot about REI lately, mostly syndications, although we do own a couple of rentals (4-plex and duplex) that we've had for some time a...
Tim Kersting
Negative net worth, deep in debt, struggling business...
hello all,I'm looking for some advice.... Why else would I be starting such a threat... LOL.Basically, as the subject line indicates, my business is not producing as much as it needs to financially. For the last five...
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low balling
For a typical lowball offer on a property that you fancy that is getting no bites how low do you start? I know many factors and specifics have to be determined on an individual basis and that they can destroy the meri...
Levi T.
Why you need an LLC on your properties.
I've been in this business for years and years, hundreds of units and untold thousands of tenants later, someone finally filed a lawsuit against us for their deposit not being returned.The story is the tenant was inhe...
Jack B.
Wont the new Trump/GOP tax plan reduce demand for housing?
In expensive markets like NJ, Seattle, expensive areas of CA, etc? I suspect the demand curve will shift unfavorably, at least for expensive properties. Cheap properties in the Seattle area around 350K and so may be c...
Ben Leybovich
Are You Depressed?
Real Estate is so freaking boring… and yet that’s all we talk about. Why – is it because this is all we are interested in?How about the meaning of life – would you engage in a conversation about the meaning of life? H...
Brie Schmidt
HELOC payoff strategy
Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...
Daniel Porter
how to introduce REI to my girlfriend?
My girlfriend is getting onboard with financial independence, and i'm really happy for this yall! she dug Your Money or Your Life, and is currently reading 4 hour work week. she's really digging it, and we're already ...