Jose Contreras
Tax benefits from RE investing in high income earners.
Hello everyone,We recently started investing in real estate in 2020. We are buy and hold investors and currently have 2 doubles in the cleveland area. We got into investing for it's wealth building annd tax benefits. ...
Wendell De Guzman
How to Get Money For Your First Deal
As an experienced real estate investor and now also a private lender, I often get asked the question: "If I am a newbie and lenders don't want to lend to newbies, how can I get money for my first deal?"
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Raeshelle C.
Feeling hopeless. I need help
I want to buy a duplex and live in one of the units. My ultimate goal is to have a portfolio of real estate and be wealthy, but I want to start with a duplex I can live in. If I had $20-$35K I could start this path of...
Andrew Rinne
Best plan for $1mil liquidity: Buy apartments in the slums?
Hi all!My wife Danielle and I are new to property investment. We currently have one rental property in Aurora, Colorado and are currently renting a home, ourselves, in Colorado Springs (due to the fact that she works ...
Andrew K.
Will the US Army's recent drawdown announcement affect your market?
General Odierno, the Army Chief of Staff, recently announced the deactivation of 10 Brigades (approx. 29,000 soldiers) by 2017. Additionally the Army is cutting about $400 million in construction projects.
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Lisa Jones
New Member from Northern Virginia!!
Hello to my Bigger Pockets Family! My name is Lisa Jones and I'm an active duty servicemember aspring to transition into a lifestyle and full time career as a real estate investor. I moved to the DMV area 3 years ago...
Rob Scarborough
Cap Rate/CoC Return
I'm fairly new, but looking at a possible 4-plex with a partner. In an all cash purchase/reno, shouldn't the Cap Rate and Cash on Cash return be the same?The only time CoC should be different is when there is a loan....
Logan Zanki
50% and 2% rule.... And my Multi family purchase with Carriagehouse.
Hello everyone my name is Logan, I'm new to biggerpockets.com and i'm located in central New Jersey, my goal is to get out of the rate race by purchasing multifamily properties. Little background about me, I have ...
Account Closed
I have deals, no buyers, just tire kickers! Am I alone?
Good Morning -
I am ranting this morning about my so-called cash buyers list. I meet these wonderful people at investor meetings, or they call me from my Craigslist ads. I find properties they want and negoti...
Hattie Dizmond
Is Google dead?
OK...OK...I know Google is alive and thriving, but you would be hard pressed to prove it by reading the BP forums lately!I'm trying to figure out the phenomenon that occurs here on Bigger Pockets, because it would see...