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Any silver lining there. 100,000 creditors. 78,000 homes empty, population 700,000, down 1,300,000 from the glory days. 40% of the street lights are out, half the parks closed and over 100 schools closed. Highest crim...
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Hi BP nation,I am very sure you all will be rather surprised to see this often belated question come up again? Well, I am forced to ask this question because I have read a couple of REI machinations being bandied arou...
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How are you Super and Angel Hosts thinking about the next 3-5 years? I follow many well-respected economists and am convinced a recession is coming (or is here) and the questions are how long and how bad. I know the s...
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Hi. I am new to BP (former FatWallet member though!). I have been investing in RE for ~10 years and hold 5 properties. They have not been time-intensive, but I'm always interested in smart financial options. The G...
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Hi all successful direct mailers, I'm finally ready to go through with my first direct mail campaign, and I'm hoping for some second opinions from people who have the experience. I have been going around and around ...
So this is an idea that my wife and I have been bouncing around for the last couple of months. We are new to investing and looking for some rental properties. Preferably we would like to start out with short term/Airb...
hi everybody As a real estate investor I am looking for properties in Baltimore. I am looking for properties to improve and sell them afterwards.I would be happy to get an opinion on which areas to buy and invest in, ...
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I am hoping to get some feedback/direction from investors who have been long-term in the Note investing space. I am a smaller Main Street Type investor and have created/manufactured SFR notes as part of my fix-n-flip...
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Hi Everyone. I have been on Bigger Pockets for a month or so. Mostly quietly but getting more active.I was born and raised in Seattle and have spent the last 15 years working overseas for a humanitarian organization. ...
Hello y'all, new to the forum,
For all of you wise and well-informed real estate investors out there, I have a situation which could use some advice...
a little background:
I am 32. I work in the trades (contractor...