Jie Li
Bay Area Investor Looking for Advice on Where to invest
Hi This is Jie from Fremont of Bay Area. I'm new here on BP. I hope I could find out BP before I invested. There are so many discussions and good advice on the forum.I actually invested 2 properties in Antioch/Pittsbu...
Eddy Dumire
Diary of a PIG -- Fredericksburg, VA -- SFH
In a nod to Ben Leybovich, I bought a PIG. I'm going to tell everyone how things work out for me on this thread.The deal:2/1 house in Fredericksburg, VA. It's a very small 725 single story all brick on a crawlspace ...
Andrew James
Carribbean hot spots within the next few years
Hello, I am fairly new to bigger pockets and this is my first forum question. I was wondering if anyone has experience with traveling to the Caribbean or buying properties in the Caribbean. I am wanting to purchase a ...
Matt Cramer
Can Rich Dad Poor Dad beat up Dave Ramsey?
To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...
Jason Schmidt
can someone please explain this 50% rule to me?
I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...
George Gammon
Adjustable Rate/Ballon Payment Crisis Ahead?
Below is a chart of the interest rate on the 10 year going back to 1880. As we all know the 10 year is a reasonable benchmark for mortgage rates. In other words, or what matters to investors, the 10 year determines ...
Cameron Riley
NEED HELP- How to Tell A TENANT he wasn’t selected for my RENTAL
I have a very nice urban property up for rent. The clients that often apply to my city homes have POOR credit.. so I NEVER judge an applicant based on their credit score, I have removed that judgement from my process....
Max M.
What's up guys? Mom's Basement Loser from Palatine, Illinois (TLDR alert)
With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...
Jack B.
Stocks beat real estate over time?
I've been running the numbers and although real estate has been very attractive to me with leverage (I own 3 properties), running the numbers even with leverage real estate is not as attractive in the long run, becaus...
Brian Burke
It's 2018. Whatcha Gonna Do About It?
Every year around this time I see threads on BP asking about your goals for the coming new year. “Put it out there, hold yourself (or each other) accountable” yada yada yada. Those of you that know me well know that...