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Hello, I've been on the lookout for my first rental property in the los Angeles market. I may have found one in Tarzana which I put an offer down on but after reading a book called How An Economy Grows And Why It Cras...
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I'm a big fan of big data. You might even call me a fanboy when it comes to the benefits of big data as an investor. With big data I am able to reduce my costs, better manage my assets and as was recently pointed o...
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Real estate investors tend to be goal oriented and have a long term outlook.
Have you set a goal for net worth? Number of units? Equity? Passive income?
What's the number you are shooting for? Is it...
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My goal is to achieve 3000 a month in real estate for my future and i would love to see if my following strategy sounds realistic or if it can be improved. I’m open to hear everything. THE FOLLOWING IS MY SCENARIO:I...
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I was an investor in New Jersey, slowly building a small rental portfolio. I had flipped a house and a wholesale deal, and owned three rental properties. I had some ambitiously huge real estate goals, and buying one r...
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OK, long story short... I bought a unit with 20% down about 5 years ago, fixed it up very nice, rented it out, paid off the mortgage note, sold it, saved up more $, and now I have just under $250,000 in my high yield...
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Hi all!My name is Serena Tillman and I’m new to Bigger Pockets. During this pandemic and social distancing, my hope is to truly grasp REI as much as possible to start the process of purchasing my first property at the...
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About to pull the trigger.After a year of education, dabbling, and talking with hundreds of investors, wanna be investors, and sellers, I'm taking massive (imperfect) action. I'm a college student with a couple grand....
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Honestly, I thought I would go ahead and start with Columbus market and based on some of the data that I have seen it made sense. Now I am just not sure. I guess for few reasons;1) fear of out of state investing - yes...
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I am the trustee of my father's trust. He has $2 million available and I need it to make close to $20k per month to cover his monthly expenses. This must be fairly passive. My idea I am toying with is to invest in $2 ...