![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/441067/small_1621476777-avatar-erickag.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/22471/small_1621361890-avatar-venomousviper.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
The basic information for this post has come from the book Aftershock written by David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer with the assistance of Cindy Spitzer. These are the same authors that four years ago wrote America's ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/7876/small_1621348285-avatar-reiskills.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Read Ch 4735Get a lawyerGet licensed and do wholesaling in OH02 July 2014http://www.com.ohio.gov/documents/Fall10REdiscipline.pdfLYNETTE S. MALY, Twinsburg, Ohio, was found by the Commission to have violated RevisedCo...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/22471/small_1621361890-avatar-venomousviper.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have just rekindled my interest in bigger pockets. I have been shocked at how few names I recognize from years ago. I have probably been gone mostly for three or four years. It does not really surprise me how many n...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1653090/small_1621514501-avatar-chrisr599.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
A lot of the time i feel like beginners lose focus because they're "why" for getting into REI (or lack there of) is not as strong as it could be. In my opinion, a persons "why" is the reason for going through the most...
So I've been on BP for a few months and always follow the discussions in out-of-state markets that I'm interested in. The story is always the same with people from the Bay Area, Socal, NY, or any other large market t...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/917429/small_1621505522-avatar-julieh40.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
First of all, I consider myself very smart. I run a very successful company, have always excelled in everything I do (including school), and have even been pretty successful with RE investing & flipping so far (w...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2165945/small_1625435005-avatar-jamess1267.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I know this may be a weird question to ask on a real estate forum (Im thinking the vast majority of responses will be pro real estate), but I wanted to get some different perspectives from the BP community. I current...