Hello,I have several SFRs that have lots of equity in them and I wondering if anyone used a method of cross-collateralization to pledge the equity as collateral, thus avoiding doing a cash-out refinance or HELOC. It s...

Hi there Bigger Pockets Family-I am getting started out and am interested in being a Private Money Lender and working my way up to eventually investing in rentals. However, I am able to only bring $20k although I am p...

I'm a gun owner and I own "that" rifle and "those" magazines, but the Sandy Hook incident has changed my mind. It's not just guns, but guns are part of the picture and such needs to be addressed. I had teachers that h...

There are so many people and companies out there who claim to be wholesalers and many more newbies who claim to want to start out in wholesaling as a means to get started in the biz.
Let me tell you about a recent ex...

Okay, I searched these forums for this question, but none of them quite addressed my situation, and in the meantime, the more I read, the more confused I got!! So please permit me to ask this question from scratch:

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How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...

I've been on BP for a little under a week now, I love this site it's so informative. My question to you guys though is "Do you believe Detroit is making a turn around for the better & Will the change be noticed...

Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor  thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...

Would anyone recommend taking on properties only as you can afford to buy them cash? Or is taking on debt in order to secure new properties recommended.Currently I do not like debt because of the obvious cost of borro...