Hey BP,Long story short, I'm looking for ideas / topics that I could write about for a research paper (8-10 pages) in my Western History class. Time Period: Between the year 1400 - 2016 (preferably something more curr...

Hi BP Community,I'd like to survey the forums on the best use of a year's worth of rent paid by a great tenant upfront on a personal residence that is just in the 1st year of a 30 year conventional.  Leave it in the b...

One of the bad parts of working for yourself, is you tend to actually not do what you enjoy. The business tends to take priority and if you want to go play golf or fly or whatever...everyone's at work! So you're jus...

This is my first post and maybe not the most appropriate way to start participating in the Bigger Pockets community. However, I am a bit frustrated.

Just as a quick background, my paradigm shift occurred whe...

There have been a couple long threads lately about inflation, hiperinflation, and deflation. there are also economists, econ grads, students etc posting on these subjects.
My questions are as follows:

1. If you ...

Hello BP family, My name is Michael Dodgin. I am finishing my last year at The University of Texas studying investment management. I want to learn how to invest in real estate because I want to be able to be the best ...

After watching a YouTube video from Ken McElroy stating 2020 is a wash, 2021 is the time to save up, and 2022 is likely the time to buy (when properties shift from motivated sellers to foreclosures to REO) I decided t...

My story. 36 years old. "Full time" job with lots of free time. I have it very good with my day job and it pays decent. Not quite 6 figures. Wife has entry level job she's 28 and just got her MBA. No student debt. Bou...

I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...

There are few times in our history where there’s been more uncertainty about what things will look like in the short-medium term future. There have been a lot of posts on BP espousing opinions and predictions about w...