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Ramsey vs Kiyosaki - To borrow, or not to borrow?
I am a big Dave Ramsey fan, and I have been for years. I am debt free, except for my house and intent to stay that way. Well, at least I intended to stay that way. I recently read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Robert Kiyosaki's...
Ben Stout
What Makes a "Sub$30k" House?
I've started a new "Sub$30k" thread in an effort to step away from the chaos that has become a few of the other threads. While I've reviewed most of the opinions contained in their respective comments sections, I'd li...
Rob Cee
Anyone have success with out of area/out of state rentals over the long term?
I'm curious if anyone on this forum has had success with out of area or out of state rentals over the long term. Investors in expensive parts of the county often have to go far away to find good cash flow and good nu...
Jie Li
Bay Area Investor Looking for Advice on Where to invest
Hi This is Jie from Fremont of Bay Area. I'm new here on BP. I hope I could find out BP before I invested. There are so many discussions and good advice on the forum.I actually invested 2 properties in Antioch/Pittsbu...
Alice K.
Where do you invest? (San Francisco is insane)
Hello All,I've been involved in 2 out-of-state offers so far and feel like I've hit a wall in the areas I was planning to purchase a home/multi-family in. My primary question: Where would you / do you invest? Past exp...
Laith Ali
can you come up with $400 in an emergency
Hi,I was reading an article a few days ago that said 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 if they had an emergency. I couldn't believe almost half the country is that broke. The median household income is 60k, so ...
Jason Riddle
New Investor - Which market to pick?
Hello,My name is Jason and I'm a new real estate investor. I'm having trouble deciding on a market as this is my first purchase. I plan to purchase a MRH in order to Brrrr. I'm familiar with the following areas either...
Mike Schorah
This can’t be right……. is it that easy to make money as a real estate agent?
I always saw what the Bureau of Labor Statistics said about real estate agents. For instance, the newest stat for real estate agents is that the median salary is $49k (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/sales/home.htm).
I spent...
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I am dumbfounded by the high prices investors are paying for property.
This happens to me time and time again. I just got off the phone with a seller of a house in Florissant MO who told me that 5 other people made offers on his house and that my offer was less than half of what the nex...
Russell Sherman
Cashing out of high gain home
I would like to get opinions to help me determine my best financial options.I am 59 and last year was forced into retirement and also got divorced. My settlement was a single family home I purchased for $295,000 in t...