Daniel Shafer
How to evaluate a real estate syndication?
I'm just starting out and doing some research on a real estate syndicator who invests in apartment complexes. We've talked a little bit and are going to talk again soon. What are some things to be sure to ask in order...
Robert C.
How many people think the worst is over and why?
I'm trying to reframe the question from too much of the gloom and doom talk, and looking for an informal poll about the way forward. My belief is that anyone analyzing their market needs to look slightly to the future...
Bodhi Tree
Bethesda Deal Analysis
Hi everyone,This is my first post on BP ever.Goal: Rental Investments that beat stock market ROI @ 10% (my IRR). I am an options trader, decent with numbers and get 20% cash on cash with non-directional, non-speculati...
Thomas Mc
Help establish a newbie's strategy out of the gate? (100k to start with)
Hello all,
This is my first post on biggerpockets, nice to (e)meet you all! I'm excited to have finally found an online forum with such a vast collective knowledge. The purpose of this post is to gather as many...
Brandon G.
The Big Short: What they left out
I just finished watching The Big Short, a movie about the real estate bubble. I enjoyed the information in the movie but I was very let down by the fact that they never acknowledged the fact that subprime mortgages w...
Natasha Hylton
AT A STAND STILL....help
I am new CA wholesaling and I have been researching for 3 weeks (reading, podcast, taking notes, etc) due lack of a REIA in So Cal. (los angeles too far as well as orange county) I would like to partner and do a profi...
Gordon Starr
Should I hire my own kids to work for me?
Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
Elliot Mendoza
How do you purchase real estate while overseas?
Hello from happy Afghany-land.
So, I've done a good bit of reading over the last month or so since I registered on here. And I'm either showing signs of an infection(I'd blame the amazing food here) or developing tha...
CK Hwang
For GFC and other market crash veterans, signs to exit?
Hi everyone. I wanted to pose a question to fellow investors who are veterans of the market crash of 2008 or Asian economic crisis, and other economic crashes in the last 20 years.
For those of you who are ha...
Brandon Turner
Fill in the Blank: In 2013 I Plan To ______________
Fill in the Blank: In 2013 I Plan To ______________.
I posted this on Facebook and Twitter as well. I'd love to get as many responses as possible, and maybe I can turn this into a BiggerPockets Blog post.
(Answers c...