Andrew S.
Live in rehab house hack story
Hello BP community, I would like to share my story about my first investment property. It's a longer post than The strategy I chose is a live-in rehab house hack duplex. My journey into real estate investing has been ...
Zachary Taylor
Looking For Recommendations Regarding Security Deposit
Hi all,I own a townhouse in Bellingham, MA that I have rented for the past four years. Our tenants lease came up at the end of December and we are now under contract to sell at the end of January. The tenants left t...
Austin Mize
Index funds for beginners
hello everyone first time posting in BiggerPockets, I was listening to the money podcast and Mindy and Scott where talking to a guest about low cost index funds in particular the S&p 500 and vanguard, I’m just ce...
John Underwood
Should rent be canceled because of the coronavirus?
Good article.Talks about Pros and Cons and discussed the Landlord side of this too.Should rent be canceled because of the coronavirus?https://news.yahoo.com/should-rent-be-canceled-because-of-the-coronavirus-204910688...
Antoinette Brady
Ideas to save my home.
I'm staying with my nephew on a cute little 1.5 acre ranchett in a rural North Texas county. He's been here a year. He cleaned the property inside and outside in lieu of a deposit. In a year, he has paid for all the r...
Mitch Vogatsky
Cutting back on retirement savings
I have focused on saving for my retirement through my 401k for my first few years of work after college. I managed to save up $100k to invest and have decided that I will no longer contribute more than my employer mat...
Tim Porsche
Would You Rent to This Person
Hey All, would love to get opinions from seasoned landlords on this. I have an applicant for an apartment who looks great in every other way except for one thing...she doesn't have a history of fulltime employment.She...
John Moorhouse
What did you all do before you started investing?
What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...
Rich Weese
received a PM from a member that made me think back. Please share your experiences here.
I received a PM from a colleague. I hadn't seen him on here for awhile. He was asking for my book, and I told him I had run out and would eventually be putting it on line as an E-book. Then , he told me he had lost hi...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (June 29, 2020)
Economic Update(Monday, June 29, 2020)
The economy turned the corner in May after the sharpest and fastest downturn in U.S. history, but further progress in recovering from the pandemic is likely to come much slowe...