I am a retired 64-year-old with about $490k in a 401k. It seems like all the information, tips, strategies, etc. that I find on the subject are directed at folks for whom retirement is years (if not decades) away. In ...

Let's get straight into it. I know wholesalers that have made hundreds of thousands of dollars in assignment fees, yet they are missing the important fundamentals of running a business. Most wholesalers are hustlers a...

Isn't it ironic how the one time borrowers got a 'leg up' in the form ridiculously low interest rate mortgages that those same 'assets' are partially what is behind the collapse of several significant US banks and bey...

Rent increases at a rate of 1.6% per year. To calculate total accumulated cashflow, I calculate: income (+1.6% annually) - operating expenses (changing over time) - mortgage payments (constant). At what rate do operat...

I hope I will not be hated on for this question. I have been an investor in stock markets for the last 7 years. In the last 5 years, an index fund for S&P500 has yielded 75% returns (15% yearly on average?). The s...

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I want to buy and hold rental properties. My primary motivation is to own cashflow. My stocks are broad index funds, and they do not return much in the form of dividends (I know, it's more tax efficient). We r...

Has anyone on the forums had experience reducing the risk of a downturn in the home market, by buying a hedge on the stock/options market?

For example, you're building or refurbing a home that will be targete...

Hi everyone, I am a Senior Business Analyst here at BiggerPockets. My team is currently working to bring new features to the BiggerPockets community, many of which will focus on using broad real estate investing marke...

I have been looking at the pros and cons of investing in RE versus placing money into the stock market (example JNJ) and enjoying the dividend and appreciation of that stock. Clearly there are risks in both approa...

Hi everyone,I'm a graduate student looking to start investing in rental properties after a couple years of working and saving for a down payment. My savings so far have been going into my regular savings account, but ...