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Jared Vidales Who has become financially independent from Real Estate?
19 July 2012 | 109 replies

It would be great if your guys could answer the following questions
- Were you able to quit your day job and live off cash generated from RE?
- If so, what age did you start investing, and how long after investing did...

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...

Erik Grahn Buy or wait duplex in east bay
29 April 2020 | 7 replies

I know no one can answer this with certainty but I am putting an offer on a duplex today and getting cold feet. I was going to live in one of the units and rent the other so I could get a primary home loan. The proper...

Steve E. Bay Area Bubble, buy or wait patiently?
27 July 2017 | 1 reply

Curious to get the local take on whether or not I should buy a primary residence in the Bay Area now or wait in anticipation of a market correction/dip. I know this is a long debated topic with no clear answer.Here is...

Will Barnard The Truth about Wholesaling!
6 July 2022 | 911 replies

There are so many people and companies out there who claim to be wholesalers and many more newbies who claim to want to start out in wholesaling as a means to get started in the biz.
Let me tell you about a recent ex...

Matt Cramer Can Rich Dad Poor Dad beat up Dave Ramsey?
26 December 2016 | 151 replies

To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...

Madhura Gadgil Buy SFH in south bay right now or wait?
2 December 2021 | 8 replies

Hi,
I am planning to buy a SFH in the South Bay. Should I wait for prices to settle down(if they will)?
Should I not wait and start actively looking? The inventory for SFH is also not much right now. Is there any pr...

Shiloh Lundahl Rich Dad Poor Dad’s investing principles - GOOD or BAD?
12 January 2020 | 80 replies

Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...

Sage Jankowitz DO NOT CALL list
22 March 2024 | 81 replies

What's the deal with the do not call list? If I find a property that has the potential to be a good wholesale property, can I call up the owner and tell them my interest. I'm talking no FSBO sign, no for rent sign, ju...

Jason Malabute MY THOUGHTS ON SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSE
22 March 2023 | 305 replies

The following are my thoughts on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and any thoughts of upcoming bailouts. As an advocate for responsible financial practices, I believe that the government should not bail out banks t...