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"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."
Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...
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What is everyone's opinion on Harry Dent? He points out that real estate has pretty consistently gone up over most of our life times because of the baby boomers, but now that they are down-sizing and dying off, real e...
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Do real estate investors think they are the only ones that need to be making the good money? I’m talking about from the perspective of a good quality contractor getting turned down to do a job because some shade tree ...
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While I've been having fun following the AI craze over the past several months, I've have had a hard time seeing where AI might disrupt the real estate industry... but it just clicked.
Here's my prediction - Over the...
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I live in NY and have noticed it’s too expensive for me to invest here at least locally. Have you ever purchase a property that you’ve never stepped foot in? Or at least only visited once or twice? I see some friendly...
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I've had a roth IRA and a mutual fund thru Northwestern mutual for just under 2 years. I'm 23, I wanted to get started early so I can buy a business with the money some day. I don't trust the guy that is in charge of ...
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Does anyone know of a city that attracts tourist and visitors in all 4 seasons. I'm looking to invest in an airbnb property. Currently have 3 in AZ but the summers are low season and bookings drop off significantly.
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I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...
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Of course your individual results can vary. There are people fighting this post too. What are you seeing in your market?
Reposted from Twitter....Nick Gerli@nickgerli1 The Airbnb collapse is real.
Revenues...
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I have not outsourced my property management, but in listening to the experiences of others, I know of very few very few investors who are satisfied with the quality and value they are receiving.
On the other hand, m...