I am 30 years old and I have always put 5% towards my 401(k) (my employer matches 25 cents on the dollar) and both my wife and I max out our Roth IRAs each year ($5,500 each).One of my big goals is to retire early and...

Hey everyone!😄 My name is Evan, I'm 24 years old and was born and raised in Arizona. I currently work as an embedded software engineer. A fun fact about myself is that I do comedy improv in my free time!
My current i...

It seems that purchasing property in all cash would have the best outcome for investments. The owner would not have a mortgage. The owner would have to pay property taxes. Buying with all cash gives the owner the opti...

hello everyone,Have been looking more heavily into single family rentals because some can be picked up for relatively cheap around me. I was thinking of a SFR bring my next investment property for renting out. From yo...

This is my first forum question, so thought I'd start out with something light, such as tax reform. I just re-read "The Fair Tax Book" by Neil Boortz and former Congressman Hal Linder. Has anyone read this book y...

Hello to the community, 
I have been looking for creative ways to take the next step. I bought a fixer-upper in Troy MI in 2020 for 240k, it took me around 1.5 years and 55k to finish the project while living in the ...

Hi BP Community,I need some advice. I own a condo (1/10 units) on the ground floor tucked into the hillside in Seattle. I’d like to redo the flooring in the combined foyer (tile on slab) and living room (carpet on 1” ...

I'm just curious what other investors prefer and why. Some of my local gurus are recommending that long term loans (mortgages) are better because they get more of the profits right at the start rather than waiting for...

I have a 4 unit building I bought this year and have been working on renovations. I just filled the last unit and am getting noise complaints about the sound. I popped a hole in the wall between the bedroom of one uni...

This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...