Texas is seeing a surge in new real estate businesses due to its booming population and investor-friendly climate. What do you think makes Texas such an attractive place for entrepreneurs in the real estate space? Is ...

Buckle up. This is a long post addressing many myths around the current obsession with the "STR loophole." And the first of such myths is that it is a loophole. No, it is not. Loopholes are something UNintended. In co...

Hello Everyone,This is my first attempt at reaching out on Bigger Pockets for advice. I have been reading up a lot but we all know that will only get you so far. I am looking to start taking action to raise funds for ...

I’ve recently come across the concept of “personal banking” through “overfunding” whole life insurance policies and leveraging the cash value to buy assets.In theory it sounds like a can’t loose situation. You have a...

Hey all, I am relatively new to the group. I am very impressed with the experienced professionals here and am glad that I stumbled upon this site.  I am a seasoned real estate attorney and enjoy not only practicing la...

Me: $85k in 401k, $18k cash, $5k liquid investments (Robinhood). Credit score 780. Owe 100k on primary. Started the refi last week and will need $7k ish cash at time of close. ($3.5k or so is escrow which will be refu...

I was listening to a real estate podcast the other day, and they mentioned a method of finding potential "motivated" apartment sellers that I hadn't heard of before;

The guy said to buy a list of people that bought ...

Hello! Well, this is a brain tickler. So we purchased a retail property at the end of 2022 with seller financing: 5 year term, 30 year amortization, 0% interest. Payments are $2k per month. Three year option to extend...

I am new to the idea of real estate investing.  Most of my knowledge and experience is in stock market index investing and I have only just started to learn about real estate.  My goal is FI in 15 years with a monthly...