Tracey Corea
Sell and 1031 exchange to a better market, or hold?
My current tenant is buying a home and vacating in 3 weeks. I’m weighing whether to sell and 1031 exchange into a different market, or stay the course and get a HELOC in place as soon as we turn it over (in preparatio...
Hani Alomar
Guys, is the time right to buy a rental property in the Midwest?
Friends, I've been wanting to buy a rental investment in any of the following states: IL, IN, GA, MI but im getting cold feet. Everyone is telling me to wait for a correction. Your thoughts please
Shiloh Lundahl
Turn-Key Lease Option Partnerships - a new lucrative strategy
Hey everybody,
I'd love to get some feedback from you about a new strategy that we are getting ready to employ. But first I need to give a little background. Over the past 5 years my business partner and I have bu...
John Underwood
Another one bites the dust
I am leaving a Master Mind group meeting in Puerto Rico. This has 12 different RE associations from across the Eastern U.S.So one of the guys who is apparently not as experienced as I thought as this was his first ST...
David Hodge
Harry Dent - real estate going down next 20 years
What is everyone's opinion on Harry Dent? He points out that real estate has pretty consistently gone up over most of our life times because of the baby boomers, but now that they are down-sizing and dying off, real e...
Rich Weese
40% loss in net worth in last 3 years
I'm sure many have heard the numbers recently that the median net worth of individuals in the United States has dropped 39% in the last three years. I'm just curious how BP members have fared during the same three-yea...
Katie Miller
What's the best recession investing advice you've received so far
Hello! I'm looking for a few quotes for a future issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. Do you want to be featured in our next edition? If so, please answer the following question and I may use your name, city, and s...
MacKenzie Clinton
First Crazy Tenant Situation
We started buying this year and have three properties. One came with tenants, one is mid remodel and one we filled in June on a 12 month lease. So, until now, month 5 of that 12 month lease things have been fine. PM h...
Christopher Gill
To Own or Rent: Combining the Best of Both Worlds! - Part 2
See first to understand the context of this post here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/251...I want to see homeownership evolve to fit our current lifestyle and desires. Will home ownership in its prese...
Jason Baldwin
Crime Rate - How high is too high?
I recently stumbled on a fully occupied 6 unit property that would bring in about 35% Cash on Cash and that does take into consideration 15% vacancy. The city itself has a higher than average crime rate according to n...