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Dear The 1%, The wealthy, and The financially successful:I am not someone who enjoys politics or follows politics in detail. My reason for that is because it seems to me that politics is more often than not, about pro...
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I'm about to make some loose generalizations and assumptions but hear me out. In the fed's statement today they indicated continuing to increase rates until fed funds levels at 5.1%. right now it is at 4.375%.
Since...
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In the near future I look forward to working on my first investment property, and I wanna hear the opinions of those that have worked on their own investment properties.
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Hi everyone,
My name is Chi and I'm beyond excited to start on this journey in real estate investing. My wife and I finally taking action and set to close on our first property in the next few weeks. I'm hoping to co...
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Hell All,This is my first post here on this forum. In fact, I am brand new to real estate. I recently finished “The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made Simple.” In addition to this, I have spent a couple o...
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Is a business plan necessary as a REI?
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Hi BP,I havent been on here in a long time. Just wanted to say I owe a lot of my success to the BP community and all the contributors. Quick background on me now, I am now 24 years old. I own a multiple 6 figure, soon...
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Hi everyone. I am a student at LSU in Baton Rouge. I am brand new to the bigger pockets community. I have been playing with the idea of real estate for a while now, but I am not sure what my best course of action is a...
Hi all,I'm 35 years old, married with a 10 month old daughter, and living in NY. I work in Long Island NY, and I have a studio apartment I rent for $1500 which includes all utilities. I make 143k a year (minus the hug...
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Hi BP Community!
As a first time real estate investor, I am currently sitting on some equity on a townhome I purchased in May of 2020 and looking to invest in a second property using that equity as a down payment. M...