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Amanda H. “Bad” neighborhoods - buy rentals or not?
8 August 2018 | 62 replies

I’m looking at a great deal in a not great neighborhood. Not great as in lower income, higher crime, and from what I can tell driving through, mostly African American neighborhood. Should I avoid this area all togethe...

Chinyere Orie Pros/Cons of Hiring Mentor?
3 December 2020 | 57 replies

Hey everyone!  So I'm just starting out in REI (and by just starting out, I mean I'm looking for my first deal). I'm focusing on buy and hold multifamily investing.  I've heard great things about getting a mentor to r...

Matt Lefebvre Are real estate degrees worth it?
10 October 2019 | 50 replies

Hello everyone!

I come here asking a rather important question that pertains to me personally. My big question is, is it worth going to college for a real estate degree if planning on being a full-time invest...

Terry Lao 90% of Bigger Pockets will never take action on REI
31 January 2018 | 78 replies

Today is Thanksgiving. Lots of time to talk shop, politics, or real estate investment with family and friends. I just spoke to acquaintance of in law, and he mentioned purchasing home within a year. I spoke to him abo...

Ben Rutkevitz Paradigm Life, Infinite Banking, Whole Life Insurance
10 January 2023 | 134 replies

Has anyone on this forum had experience with this company? Paradigm Life claims to use Whole Life Insurance Policies as a financial tool and since i trust this community, I am reaching out to get some referrals.

Marek Kucharski Important decision: Rental real estate vs stocks
16 January 2023 | 95 replies

My wife and I have three houses that we rent out. This journey started about 10 years ago. We have 15-year mortgages on these. The houses are worth about $800K (TX). We are very happy with how these houses appreciated...

Alex Varner Contractor requesting 50% Upfront
9 June 2019 | 192 replies

Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...

David H. Attn: SBA Disaster Loans for Landlords
20 September 2021 | 975 replies

Attention!!!!

Landlords / rental property owners in affected areas of the Covid19 pandemic

The SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are available for rental property owners if your state has already made th...

Ben I. Seller attempting to sue me for not buying property.
20 February 2020 | 140 replies

Hiya all. Well here's my situation. 
I wanted to buy a second rental property after we moved to Hawaii for work and became bankable again. I was planning on using the HELOC money from our first rental as the downpaym...

AJ Wong Are below 6% mortgage rates and a tsunami of buyers and investors coming in 2024?
27 December 2023 | 61 replies

Don't look now but mortgage rates have declined at an almost historical rate during the past month. Just 4-6 weeks ago clients purchasing second home or investment properties were being quoted in the 8%'s and even..gu...