Rich Weese
estate planning for well to do or wannabe well to dos!
I was asked deep in a buried thread to answer a couple questions about my reply in a recent post. here is the start.
I post a lot about parallel programs. There is a reason I do that. It is the best of both worlds...
Russell Brazil
Is Bigger Pockets Creating Unrealistic Expectations For Investors
One of the more complex parts of being a real estate agent is setting realistic expectations for what your client can expect from the market. There are always going to be people who have unrealistic expectations, but ...
Solomon Rosenberg
2 Capital calls in 2 weeks! Ouch
Within the past 2 weeks I got 2 capital calls from different sponsors, I'm assuming that there are many deals in similar situations.The sponsors are saying, If they have enough capital to bring occupancy to 90% they w...
Dean Letfus
Do people ever learn? (Memphis market observation).
So brief background. I started investing in the USA around 08. Ended up in Memphis and with the help of a great mentor really got going in that city. It quickly became obvious that many parts of Memphis were terrib...
Steve S.
Where are the real investors? Any one know?... Bueller... Bueller
BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...
Sterling White
What is stopping you from making your first deal?
Hi Everyone, I am looking for obstacles that are holding investors back from accomplishing their first deal. Leave some comments below and I will do my best to offer insight. -Thanks for your input Sterling.Other expe...
Chris Clothier
Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...
Nathan Gesner
How much cleaning do you require of guests?
This host has a healthy balance of what she requires guests to do during their stay or at checkout. What do you require?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/i-was-one-of-those-airbnb-hosts-who-made-guests-do-chor...
Jon Klaus
What would you do with $50K in a SD-IRA?
What would you do with $50K in a SD-IRA? Assume you wanted an annual return of >18%.
Steven McPherson
Who here has started from scratch?
Just a question for other BP members: who all on this board have started their RE business from nothing? That means you had no money and no personal savings to put in to marketing, down payments, etc.Follow-up questi...