Curious what others think good percentages are to be invested in real estate compared to the various investment vehicles such as stock market, peer to peer trading, etc. How are you chopping up your nest egg?Personall...

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...

Hi,Given that we are still in low mortgage environment, I am wondering if I should buy down points on a new 30 yr mortgage or just invest that cash in stock market? I plan to keep the property for atleast 15 years and...

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My husband's employer gives an option when they hand out bonuses- you can take the cash or you can take it in stock. He is wondering, if he takes the stock, what would the tax implications be if he sold the ...

Hello,I've started pricing out rental properties on Redfin using a spreadsheet I downloaded from the files section here at Bigger Pockets. Something I'm still not understanding is how long term rentals actually beat t...

Hey All, I purchased a home about a year ago for around $200k, I put close to $90k in fixes and did a historical appraisal that came up to $410k. I borrowed $70k from family and was planning to return it after the ref...

Hello everyone,I'm a long-time reader of the Bigger Pockets forums and have just created my account to become more engaged in real estate related discussions. The forums have many amazing individuals with extensive ex...

Investing in real estate has increased in popularity over the past 8 years becoming a popular investment vehicle, the art of buying to rent really became a broad market approach shortly after the 2008 housing crisis. ...

Should we use stock assets to pay off home mortgage?Details:550K mortgage at 3.5% with 29+ years left to pay (purchase price 1 mil)Currently have 550K in stock that we could use to pay off mortgage The stock is not pa...

Hi Bigger Pockets community!I just created an account and would love to get your advice on where I should focus investing.Background on me: I'm 25 years old and have been living/working in San Jose for 5 years. All my...