Cheryl C.
Using discount gift cards for Home Depot & Lowes
I have been purchasing discount gift cards for HD and Lowes and the savings have been substantial. You can get a Lowes card at a 10% discount and HD at 7%. If you combine this with the mover's package the savings ca...
Sean Yang
Agent asking for $5000 upfront compensation. That normal??
Hi I really need some feedback on this. I was looking to buy some out-of-state rental properties and got introduced to this agent in August when I did a field trip. Since then he has been sending me some off market pr...
Rosalie Taran
Over $500,000 equity in personal home-unsure how to proceed
I am really struggling with this decision. I own a home in Santa Clara, CA with over $500,000 equity. Maybe as much as 6-800,000 in equity. We will be moving to Idaho next summer. We have a daughter who will be start...
Matthew Samson
Primary Residence Sale -- $1.65mm appreciation -- How to Minimize Capital Gains?
Hi All. So excited to be a new member in the BP community!
My parents in-law bought their primary residence in California for ~ $350k and now it's worth over $2mm. Obviously, their capital gains are well beyond the ...
Don Konipol
CREATING a note for 20% + Yield - More Jimmy Napier Strategies
Great response to the previous post - so I thought I’d share another hi yield note strategy, although this one is more a note arbitrage play. And yup, I learned it firsthand from Jimmy Napier
Going back about 40+ ye...
Tom Dieringer
Giving VRBO a head start on Airbnb
Looking for thoughts on a strategy to help VRBO not get immediately buried by Airbnb and be permanently assigned to an “also ran” capacity. I realize that there are variables from market to market and property to prop...
Ashish Acharya
Qualified Opportunity Zones & Qualified funds to defer your gain
I was doing a research for a customer and realized Bp community can also benefit from this. I personally believe, Qualified Opportunity zones almost as effective as 1031 exchange. Trying to keep this simple and just ...
Mark Gustafson
Buying nonperforming 1st & jr liens
Hello I'm a new member from Sioux Falls , South Dakota
I would like to add note buying to my options for putting win/win single family , deals together. Does anyone have any advice on were I should be looking for...
Shelby Shaw
Mobile, AL. Real Estate
Hey BiggerPockets! My name is Shelby Shaw, I'm a real estate agent at Keller Williams Realty Mobile, AL. If you have any real estate needs, I'd love to talk with you and see if we are a good fit for each other. Lookin...
Hany Berhan
MLS access
Hello everyone.After attending a few meeting and talking to various people, I was told here in New Jersey that you can get MLS access by becoming an assistant to a real estate agent for a fee of $50 a month. What do y...