Jeffrey Lester
What would be the best college degree to compliment my REI career?
Hello, everyone! I'm heading off to college in late August, and I was curious as to which degrees could influence the success of my real estate investing journey. My top picks are accounting, business management, and ...
Kevin Wiley
Will people leave the Houston area? Where will they go?
I've seen all of the photos of Houston and of course I feel very badly for the people there. I have never been in a situation as bad as that and can only imagine the emotional and financial toll its taking on them...T...
Sunny Karen
Planning to start investing in Detroit - any one use Upside investments?
Hello BP community,My family is evaluating a cash-flow market to get into - and we are close to finalizing on Detroit for various reasons (entry point, >1% RTP, strategic investments in parts of the city, ...)Based...
Alexander Ball
Am I too Soft? How to: harden your skin
Hi BP members,I am in the process of selling my house. Just yesterday I had a sale guy come out to give me an estimate on some work. I found the gentleman quite offensive (racist, sexist, homophobic) and the product...
Carla Carvalho
Tax Liens Property Research
Hello and thanks in advance for any insight!I have been doing superficial research on Tax Liens for a while now, and I'm ready to take the plunge in 2015 with a small amount of "test" or "play" money...maybe $1000. I ...
Arturo Colmenero
Indianapolis areas to avoid
I've recently purchased a few properties in Indianapolis and have been getting a number of properties sent to me. I'm looking to get feedback on areas (zip codes/parts) of town to avoid. Any feedback that you are a...
Eric Li
Buy a house-hack now vs buy during next recession?
Hey everyone,Last year, I started looking at multifamily property in Oakland to house hack so I could live cheaply / free while building equity. While the cash flow and numbers can work with the right property, I thin...
Rich Schroeder
Pipe bomb explodes at oil executives house
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0711/package-bomb-houston-oil-company-executives-home/
I've seen this article on several "mainstream" news outlets. Most fail to mention that the house is owned by an oil industry execut...
Jonah Horn
Insight needed. Figuring out what the right move is with our properties.
Hello. I am new to the forum and truly appreciate any feedback that is offered. This post will be lengthy as I want to fully describe our situation to give all you readers a full picture. I appreciate you sticking a...
James O. Coker II
House Hacking with the VA Loan
Hi All,
I am a newbie to BiggerPockets and am interested in using my VA loan (and/or VA renovation loan) to do a house hack in Miami in late 2022. I am writing to ask for advice from those in the forum who have done ...