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K S. My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
10 December 2023 | 289 replies

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...

Account Closed How Investing in the Stock Market Saps Your Wealth
13 January 2021 | 243 replies

Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...

Andrew Postell CASH FLOW: Why you have been analyzing your deals all wrong.
13 December 2023 | 84 replies

This might be my most controversial post ever…that is, until you see what I have to say.
And what I’m talking about is cash flow – and you’ve been lied to about it. Ok, maybe not LIED about it. But it has been GROSS...

Amanda H. Can I be forced to accept Section 8?
2 August 2019 | 154 replies

I am located in Oregon, first time landlord. Our open house is tomorrow and someone has already mentioned they have Section 8 vouchers. My understanding is that it is an opt-in program? But that conflicts with the fac...

Scott V. Just put a deposit on a sports car. Am I a complete dummy here?
6 January 2020 | 165 replies

I'm totally prepared to get my ass grilled based on the title of this thread but that's fine. Please share your honest opinions. Here is the situation:
- I'm a complete car nut. I spend a lot of my free time research...

Jacob Knowles Why isn't everyone buying and renting mobile homes? what am I missing?
27 December 2023 | 176 replies

If you missed my other post. I am new and will probably have a few questions while I am studying and analyzing deals the next few days. One question I have right now is whats the down side to buying mobile homes for b...

Kevin Hill This is Not the Real Estate Environment for Rookie Investors
28 October 2021 | 163 replies

I don't want to announce the sky is falling and be a Debbie Downer, but in my opinion, now is NOT the time to be investing in real estate for rookie investors, especially flips. I keep seeing a lot of posts from newbi...

Thuy Pham-Satrappe Do you buy small MF (2-4 units) for cash flow or appreciation?
17 July 2019 | 160 replies

I know the unicorn property offers both great cash flow as well as future appreciation, but how often does that actually happen? Other ideals would be low crime rate area as wellLooking at small multi family propertie...

Will Barnard Validate the 50% rule
11 February 2016 | 141 replies

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

Bryan Beal COVID-19 vs. Basic Freedoms
30 September 2021 | 321 replies

Let me start by being crystal clear. I am very sympathetic to all of those who have been exposed to COVID-19 – those who have either struggled through severe (or even mild) symptoms and certainly those who have passe...