Hi fellow BP members. I'm helping Bigger Pockets work on a project about using real estate investing to retire early (aka achieve financial independence).Would you mind taking a brief survey (mostly multiple choice &a...

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I am new to BP and I am loving it! I listen to all the podcasts and love reading these posts.

My wife and I are not fans of debt (good or bad). We worked very hard to graduate from college debt free. We are b...

Has anyone borrowed from their life insurance policy or used it as collateral to invest? I've had a few people that said this is a great strategy and to make sure I have the policy setup correctly. Working on getting ...

Hi everyone! I'm looking to begin my real estate investing within the next few months and I've been doing as much self-educating as I can with all my free time. I've read a lot about BRRRR but haven't seen much discus...

I've been asked to pay $1,365.00 for Appraisal fee, loan origination and processing fees before loan can be sent to underwriting. It's a 6 month fix and flip loan at 8.65% plus 3 points in and 2 out. It's my first dea...

HelloNew to hear so perhaps this is one thats been answered a lot.We will be closing on our 3rd rental property in a few weeks. - 1 SFH that was our original primary that the mortgage is underwater on so we kept and r...

How do you truly use someone else's money and not your own in real estate investing? Very confused because everybody I have listened to has preached that you can do this, but then on Bigger Pockets everybody is saying...

Hello BPA few weeks ago, I finished reading Becoming Your Own Bank (The Infinite Banking Concept) by R. Nelson Nash. Prior to reading the book I have been pursuing my 1st multi-family apartment deal in the Orange Cou...

so i am 7 properties into this RE thingy, and have been leaning heavily upon a seasoned mentor throughout.  however, as i try to wrap my mind around the metrics of analyzing a deal, it seems that, well, the "go to met...