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This flies in the face of everything that we have ever learned about retirement accounts. So I want to start this by stating that it is stupid for 99% of the people out there to cash out retirement accounts but I wou...
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I’ve educated myself. I’ve watched countless hours of YouTube videos and listened to the same amount of podcasts. I just finished a webinar course and I’m ready to take the dive. I’m so used to the rat race that I ha...
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I have been checking into this idea - find vacant land, determine it's general suitability, find developer and sign the option to lease. I found there's not too much people talking about this idea here so I want to op...
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I'm sure there are a few posts for this floating around, but I wanted to bring it up again and open up some ideas.
How do YOU get the banks to accept your offer, either short sale or REO?
My first (and only, to da...
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We are all familiar with issues related to service animals (specially trained and certified dogs) and assistance animals (such as emotional support animals of any species or breeds).This post suggests a compromise res...
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Hi everyone... I'm new to this forum, thanks for having me.I'm in a little bind and need some help related to a 1031 exchange where a Qualified Intermediary is holding $113,344.93 of my money. Looking for some advi...
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Hey guys, I wanted to share another great story on a property we closed earlier this year.As I’ve shared in previous posts, I have been partnering with other people to acquire more rental properties in Canada.I believ...
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I just finished listening to podcast 257 and wonder which out of state places are probably the best to invest into for rental properties (not rehab) for 2018?
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Hey everybody! I need your guys help and some insight on this BIG problem I got. I hired this contractor that I found on the bigger pockets website actually and I ended up getting burned by him. He’s been working on a...
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This house barely cash flows. I worry about it being near the peak especially in LV due to the looming recession. With 85k involved in closing, it isn't an ideal time to buy if the market turns against me and I can bu...