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Matt B. Why is everyone against paying for a seminar?
4 February 2014 | 186 replies

Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?

I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...

Jonathan Twombly Do you need an LLC? Absolutely. There is No Debate About It.
5 June 2017 | 113 replies

The LLC debate rages on here at BP.   Rarely does a day pass without an investor asking whether they should use an LLC or not.  Perhaps BP should have a whole forum just devoted to this question . . .Having an LLC is ...

Will Barnard Validate the 50% rule
11 February 2016 | 141 replies

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

Kevin H. Crypto has better growth and passive income over real estate?
22 August 2023 | 114 replies

Honest question, why lockup your money in real estate when over the past decade crypto (bitcoin) has better returns and you can now earn passive income and are much more liquid than buying a home? I am moving more an...

Kiel Martin Buying homes for cash
28 September 2021 | 133 replies

Hello all. I have never purchased a house and I am about to. I plan on purchasing rental properties with cash from $15k to $40k. What I was curious about is the closing cost of these types of homes, is it really on 3%...

Roshan K. How many of you are financially free?
27 July 2018 | 131 replies

How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...

Vasily R. Nothing in Seattle MFH house-hacking makes cashflow. Am I crazy?
3 May 2020 | 53 replies

I am working with two agents who showed me a bunch of MFH properties: mostly duplexes, some 4plexes. One in UW, many in Greenlake, some in Cap Hill/First Hill and a couple in West Seattle. My plan is to house-hack wit...

Carlos Ptriawan Don't become passive investors
1 December 2024 | 91 replies

If there's one thing I learnt from the massive crash of CRE in 2023(and 2024) is that "Do not become passive investors". WHen you are passive investor, you become the dumb money , your money is being misused or misman...

Thor Sveinbjoernsson You have 6 months to liquidate your assets
26 October 2021 | 380 replies

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and I wanted to share with you guys what I have found about the correlation between unemployment, delinquencies and housing prices. During the 2008 housing crisis the housing ...

Account Closed Looking to Help Beginners ! (Investing , Financing, Managing)
8 November 2017 | 471 replies

Hey all, I am on bigger pockets simply because I want to help beginners make that leap like I had to all on my own before I knew about bigger pockets.  A quick blurb on my experience : I am a serial House Hacker I am ...