Samuel Iwu
Buying Real Estate with Cash. The safe snowball effect
I recently watched the bigger pockets podcast with Brad Dantonio as the guest. Brad bought 5 properties with cash in order to maximize cash flow and retire early. After thinking about it, wouldn't it be wise to do the...
Michael Burks
Mentoring Cost $20,000
I went to the 2 day Life Styles Unlimited class this past weekend with the goal of learning and finding a multi-family mentor to begin investing with. Like a typical sales funnel I quickly learned it was a brief over...
Julie Marquez
Unhealthy Frugality Disease
Blame it on the holidays, consumerism season, or the purchase of my latest rehab project, but I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with spending money. I have this unhealthy relationship with healthy money m...
Heather Frusco
Why is Rent still due during COVID-19?
I have had the opportunity to find and work with some of the best property managers (after many years) for our current properties. Over the years we have gone from me just treating them like just a service I hired to ...
Salvatore Lentini
What's holding you back from buying your 1st investment property?
I have a rental portfolio of 127 units and soon to be 147 units. I've experienced a lot: wholesaling, flips, single family rentals, multi family, office, triple net commercial, development...and now it's time to give...
Ronald Perich
401k vs REI - Data tells the story?
The debate on the efficacy of REI investing over a 401(k) has raged for a long time on BiggerPockets. Thanks to a message from @Christopher Throop, I revisited the topic when he let me know a file I used during an ear...
Chris S.
Expected Cash On Cash Return - Buy And Hold
Hey guys, quick question for a buy and hold.If you had $100,000 cash, after buying properties, how much would you expect to produce with that per year? For example, 25% cash on cash return? I'd imagine that the more ...
Karen Margrave
Challenges of developing mobile home parks, affordable housing
With such a high demand for affordable housing in California, Oregon, and other states, has anyone tried developing a manufactured home park or anything similar? What are the challenges with getting it approved? Is it...
Joe A.
Would you evict a 102 year old woman?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/102-year-old-california-woman-evicted-so-landlords-daughter-can-move-inThis guy is evicting a 102 year old woman so his daughter can move in to the apartment. The woman had been living there...
Jerry Poon
Financial Independence Lifestyle: Before and After
For those of you who have jumped into real estate investments to reach the goal of financial independence, what is the lifestyle you have visualized for yourself after you have done so?For those of you who have reache...