K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
Will Barnard
Scary!! Your thoughts . . .
I came across this article and it is scary.
Feel free to post your thoughts on this article as I am interested in hearing other's opinions.
America's Political Cannibalism
By Chris Hedges
It is no longer our economy...
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Starting out - several questions
Hi Everyone,
I just finished reading one of the rich dad/poor dad books and I can say that I am sold on RK's ideas. I realized that working for someone else will never get me to the point I want to be at in life. I k...
Dhiren Mistry
New member introduction
Hello,I am a new member looking to network and learn about real estate investing. Thank you in advance. See you around!
Maya Torres
What type of flooring would you use in a fixer?
Hi everyone!I'm in the process of trying to select flooring for my live in flip. My husband and I will be living in this house for 3 years minimum so I don't want to go cheap with flooring but don't wanna go too expen...
Kevin Lefeuvre
VRBO, Yapstone, Hyperwallet, what a mess!
Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
Mathew Pezon
Painful First Flip Turned Flop. Any Advice??
Dear BP Community,
It all looked so good on paper, and then when the project started things did not go according to plan...
I'm dealing with a painful first flip that I still haven't sold yet but purchased in Octob...
Alec Sithong
Advice on buying rentals, flips or loaning out cash?
Hello BP'ers,I need some advice on which direction to go: with a starting capital of $125K, which is the most affective way to get cash return in a year or two? My goal (like everyone else) is to aspire to live off of...
Bob Malecki
The Big Short: Michael Burry on the Next Financial Crisis
If anyone who is newer to note investing needs a refresher course on what caused most of the NPLs we buy to be available, read The Big Short or go see the movie. Fascinating how corrupted Wall St. brokers and rating a...
Tom De Napoli
Older millennials leave big cities and move to the suburbs
The location preferences of young adults hold large consequences for real estate investors. The trend for the past 10+ years has been that the millennial generation (those born between 1981 and 1996) are opting to li...