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Oh the school of hard knocks....We have handled being landlords all wrong but now are trying to educate ourselves. How do we go about teaching our renters to be good renters when we started out wrong? For one we didn...
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Below are the markets with the most value appreciation over the last 12 months. Data is sourced from Zillow and covers the "metro area" for each market.
Some Observations:
-Boise is in another stratosphere. It's ...
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I recently signed up for iul. However now I'm hearing stories that they may be a scam or some type of pyramid scheme. Does anyone have any experience with them
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Maybe I’m different than most, in the way I learn. I’m not a fan of people talking from a pulpit, or claiming expertise in a field they only read about. I learn from listening to others experience - the good, the bad ...
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Well,all I have is like 5-6k,and at the moment I'm trying to put a deal together through L/O or Subject-To's. Well anyways I need some help on how to buy property's through using private money,and skipping the bank.
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I'm wondering if anyone else has explored the use of PURLs (personalized urls) in direct mail campaigns. If so what was the experience like?
Having been in the field of Marketing for over 20 years now, I've always a...
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I currently invest with a syndicator using my own money, and I'm getting 8% per year back through it, with the hope of getting much more in a few years down the line with the property is sold.I also have access to a 4...
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Hi all,I own a property in Greenwood and have been looking to buy another. With Amazon moving in and setting up a new facility in 2019 do you think I should act now? Or do you think this won’t have a noticeable impact...
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BP members,I live in the Bay Area (BA). I started my RE education journey few months back with BP books/webinars/pod casts, then also onto other RE books and materials. They all make sense: BRRRR it, add value, sell o...
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It seems pretty clear to me that members of BiggerPockets will generally understand the obvious long-term advantages of Real Estate and even passive index fund investing over hoarding gold.The problem is that gold isn...