Joshua D.
Help my wife and I solve this FIGHT. Should I get a W-2 job?
Hello all. My wife and I are having a disagreement that we need you to weigh in on. Here is what we are having a hard time with:We started dating in 2012, and I've always held a W-2 job of some kind. I hated the l...
Timothy W.
TSA Harassment again - this time of a mother who is following the TSA's printed rules.
Yet more TSA harassment. This time the harass a woman who requested her breast milk to be screened through the alternative screening methods that the TSA itself advertises. Well they aren't gonna stand for that kind o...
Jesse Smith
How did it become "normal" for sellers to pay the buyer's agent?
I'm in the process of selling my primary residence FSBO. We are in a very popular neighborhood, so for now, we won't be going through a listing agent. We are also real estate investors, and we've been on the buy and...
Nathan Gesner
When is it OK to talk about money?
In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...
Kelly Sennholz
Where will Californians Live??
A recent post on BiggerPockets indicated the imposition of a new $500 per day fine in California for using potable water for ANYTHING but regular in-house use. No one at all commented on this. This is a serious statem...
John Thedford
25K Note For Sale: What Would A Typical Offer Be
Hello all:
I have a man holding a note he wishes to sell. It has a face value of 25K at 6% for five years. The payments are about $480 per month and they have made six payments. Note holder wants 21K for the note...
Robert Fry
Buying partial notes
Reading through this site has opened my eyes to problems I never thought of. I usually stick to local rental properties. While trying to find a new investment for some cash I needed to put to work, a friend recommende...
Scott Ficek
How do you screen prospective tenants?
I thought I would throw out a topic for discussion....Tell me about the process that you go through to screen tenants.
Account Closed
Why Brethren of the Buy & Beholders Church want to burn a heretic
Buy and Hold is promoted by most property investors as the Holy Grail. How can so many people with money be so wrong?Although many created their investment capital by wholesaling houses they now choose to become inves...
Harrison Jones
Building a Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy
Hey BiggerPockets Community,
I’m working with an organization that’s aiming to address affordable housing in a way that leverages time as a primary tool. Our belief is that real, sustainable affordability in housing ...