James Park
What is going on in the Nashville Housing Market? Top Performer
I put together the MSA comparison for each major MSA markets for real estate and Nashville, TN was an interesting data point. The housing market in Nashville is 40% of above its last peak of Jan 2008. For the local in...
Account Closed
Savings vs paying off debt
Hello all. I have ~$24k in car loans for which I had a plan to get paid off in a few months, while continuing to save money to begin investing in real estate... to date, we have accumulated close to $30k, kept in a “...
Mack Bekeza
What are your thoughts on the financial services industry?
With the BiggerPockets member base being so diverse (not just in Real Estate), I would love to hear peoples' thoughts about the financial services industry. As a reference, the industry consists of Banking, Insurance,...
Enrique Lee
Obamacare's affect on medical offices
Hi. I've been thinking about investing in medical office for a while, but I'm rather confused by obamacare's potential impact on medical offices. On one hand I do know there'd be more people covered with health insura...
Ted Harris
Will Congress Extend First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit?
The $8k first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit deadline is fast approaching (Nov 30th).... will Congress extend the credit as to not endanger the fragile beginnings of a housing recovery? Can the federal budget handle bill...
Sarah Smith
Trying to Be Different and Make a Difference-Is this a good idea?
I am slowly strategizing my plan for STR. Most of my personal experience with STR was after a cancer diagnosis and I had to be in Houston often. I’m not a fan of hotels so STR was a blessing. Now looking back, I kind ...
Helen Fradette
Newbie here, How do I calculate percentage amount to save?
Hello, I'm in the stage of figuring out where my money is going. When I hear people say, "Live off 50% of your income, invest/save the rest" how would I calculate that amount? I know the difference between GROSS and ...
Dylan Hattem
Pumped to be here!!
Hey Everyone,It's an absolute pleasure to be here. I'm currently based in New York City, and after watching a few friends enter into real estate from a few different angles, I started to dive into researching the indu...
Tyler Kastelberg
Compilation of Market Predictions by the Pros
There is no shortage of opinions in real estate. In this post, we compile a number of expert opinions about future real estate trends in retail, multifamily, hotel, office, and industrial sectors.Warehousing and Indus...
Karen Margrave
How do YOU define Commercial Real Estate?
What is your definition of Commercial Real Estate? I know many on BP consider Multi Family to be commercial R.E. Others believe that it's any real estate used for "business" purposes, still others consider any propert...