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Skip Gilliam Dividend investing vs real estate investing
21 January 2018 | 11 replies

I have yet to invest in any real estate, I'm still looking and learning before I buy. However my wife and I have all of our retirement investments in stock roughly $800,000 give or take a few $ which is generating aro...

Chris K. Security back line of credit for down payment?
27 November 2021 | 3 replies

Why are security backed lines of credit / pledged asset lines of credit , not spoken more about for investors to use as a down payment for investment homes ? What are the pros / cons of using credit line??

Erin Hong Does a 40% Down Payment Ever Make Sense?
23 October 2023 | 46 replies

Hello everyone! My husband and I are investors and have 3 doors in Los Angeles - all LTR. We're interested in STRs, but given the current interest rates are nervous about having to keep an STR afloat if/when the prope...

Trevor Murphy BiggerPockets Community Thoughts On Interest Rates
5 January 2022 | 8 replies

I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on interest rates for the short term future (6-12 months).It looks like the fed is getting more aggressive with there narrative on tapering and raising interest rates.I'm plann...

Jorden Madsen How can I buy a house without a job? (I have income)
31 March 2022 | 4 replies

So a few years back I got hurt at work, I am not currently working but right now I do have income.I make about $1300 - $2100 a month from my stock portfolio via Dividends, I have a few crypto miners which income can v...

John H. Cash Munlti analyzation
17 March 2019 | 7 replies

Looking at purchasing a couple of multi families.So basically I have a line of credit, or leverage ,against an existing Stock investment portfolio with Merrill Lynch. So I can pretty much write a check for the purchas...

Carnet Williams When to form an LLC and type of Trust
23 December 2019 | 2 replies

Greetings. There's been a ton of discussion around when to form a LLC. I would love to solicit your advice as I'm guessing many of you have gone through the same thought process. A bit of background info:1) My wife an...

Luke Doyle Reserves in Stocks a bad idea?
16 January 2023 | 19 replies

Hey! 
I was just wondering what everyone thinks about keeping your reserves in a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio? Maybe having a slightly larger amount of reserves than normal to be able to withstand any sort of downturn?...

Sherrie P. Buying rental property with money borrowed against stocks
27 April 2022 | 14 replies

Has anyone ever borrowed money through a bank using your stocks and bonds as collateral?

We could sell the stocks and pay cash for the property, but we would have to pay at least 15% cap. gains.

We woul...