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If a house sells 50 k and rent for 1000, it meets 2% rule. But actually I think it is not necessarily a good investment.
Assuming SFR, 1500 sf, 3 be 2 ba, in small Midwest town. Move on ready. 30 years old. No renov...
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Just a fun post here. I have been a SFR investor for 15 years and now have $2M in rental RE while working a full time career. The cash flow was tight for years it seemed but the snowball of debt paydown is rolling b...
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Receiving a cash out loan on an investment property can be a very confusing item. This post is designed to bring some clarity to taking cash out of a property with a conventional loan and help you navigate the someti...
Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...
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Hello Everyone,I currently live in one of the most expensive areas of the country (Bay Area, CA). I work in tech at an amazing company (Facebook) and I am extremely fortunate to have a relatively high salary for my a...
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Hello CA BP members!I am new to REI and joined BP several months ago. We live and Turlock and are looking for buy and hold multi family opportunities for cash flow. Unfortunately our area will not support cash flowing...
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There are a lot of posts and Youtube videos on using Facebook to generate motivated seller leads, but most of these only cover a small part of the overall marketing campaign. Online marketing has evolved a lot in the ...
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I have my real estate license, I study the market. I read all the great investing books, I listen to the bigger pockets podcast religiously. I am so ready to let our money work for us, instead of us working for our m...
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"Bro, just got my first deal. Don't know what to do. LOL. Halp!"How many times a day are we seeing this post? Yes, everyone has to start somewhere, but the problem with the Bro Investor is that he is ruining good deal...
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I recently came across a small duplex that is FSBO in a ghetto. I've heard about the strong cash flow properties in low income areas can produce but I'm also aware of the downfalls of investing in not so favorable are...