Alex Applebee
My first flip at 26, a woman, ZERO construction skills.
I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...
Roshan K.
How many of you are financially free?
How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...
Fakaradin Floyd
Advice on my STR pitch and overall Rental Arbitrage advice (Alexandria VA)
Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old Software engineer that's always wanted to get into real estate, I graduated college about a year and a half ago and wanted to hit the ground running when graduated. I moved to North Vir...
Brie Schmidt
HELOC payoff strategy
Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...
Scott Trench
Are you Pro or Against 401(k)?
A recent article that I wrote on the BP blog received some criticism because I suggest that a 401(k) is one of the best ways to increase your net worth.This strategy was criticized by a couple of readers and I thought...
Danielle McClelland
Anyone started investing in RE at age 35 or later?
My husband and I discovered BP this summer and are ready to start invest! We have enough capital and are actively searching for deals and running the numbers. It’s exciting!
Anyone else got started at or around 35? ...
Larry K.
Are buy & hold investors in NYC, SF, LA, etc at a disadvantage?
With the rent to price ratios so high are we at a disadvantage? This applies to 1to4 Fam and larger commercial deals, also with very low cap rates. There must be an upside. Any ideas?
Jamal L.
Well-executed wholesale deals feel like well planned checkmate.
I just wanted to share in my excitement on another wholesale deal closed with my bigger pockets family. I recently closed on a wholesale transaction all by my lonesome. The reason I'm extremely excited about this dea...
Aaron Mazzrillo
The answer to those "wholesaling is illegal, unethical, immoral" statements...
$7M on one deal and it's out there for the whole world to see.http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/14/joel-schreibers-waterbridge-flips-williamsburg-contract-for-106m-sources/Now, all you naysayers, please have a seat ...
Serge S.
How does this story end? Prediction for 2020
I am perpetually game planning future moves and this exercise inevitably requires taking a position on how the near future will unfold and the best way to benefit. I am interested in hearing what BP users think is abo...