Jay Helms
Contribute to 401K or Not?
Afternoon BP Community. Listening to several podcasts and reading many blog articles, there is a constant debate on whether someone should contribute to a 401K or take those contributions and direct them to RE. Unless...
Tanner Marsey
Pay down primary or invest
Trying to decide what my best move is and would love BPs opinions. I am about to sell my first rental property and I should walk away with about 125k ish after all taxes and fees. I own my primary residence that I bou...
Nick J.
Don't Campaign For Votes......MUST READ!!!!!!!!
I wasn't sure if I was allowed to put in the title: Don't Whore Yourself Out For Votes. If I could without risking getting booted, then I might have. I think Josh gets so tired of me sometimes, he'd love to boot my @s...
Micheal Waldrup
$75,000 for maximum cash flow. How would you do it?
I'm currently comfortable with using $50k - $70k of my savings to invest for maximum cash flow. I have to add that caveat (cash flow) since I'm due to get out of the Navy here in 7 months. I'd love to not have to go b...
Stan Constant
Seeking advice and recommendations to buy first investment RE
Howdy,I have zero experience as real estate investor, but I want to learn!I stumbled on BiggerPockets Podcast while I was watching some other RE informational videos. The show is very well put together, so informative...
Michael Swan
Donald Trump Changed My Paradigm!!
I am posting this here as GAME CHANGER for me. It is better placed here in success stories, instead of elsewhere because If I can do this, you can too! I mean this from the bottom of my heart. I read about Donald Tru...
Lauren Yiu
Big Bear Lake Vacation Rental
Hi, my name is Lauren and I am new to BP. My husband and I started doing research and looking at properties in the Big Bear Lake area. We have so many questions and we want to see what you guys think:1 - Condo vs Ca...
Cody C.
Dodd-frank or SAFE act, and balloon payments?
I'm a realtor in Oregon. My principle broker last week dropped a bomb on us, saying that balloon payments are going (have gone?) bye bye, and that most people who are going to carry notes on their own properties, will...
Gaurav Mehta
Potential markets that would be good for medium term appreciation
Hi,I am looking for my next investment. I have a few SFHs in Bay Area but now looking to invest somewhere else. Some more details belowGoals: Medium term appreciation (10 year horizon) with minimal or some cashflow to...
Michael Herr
No thinset under cement board
Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.
When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...