Pedro Cardoso
BRRRR or House Hack?
Hello everyone, I recently moved to LA and I am working in Downtown Los Angeles. I am looking to buy my first property and I am really undecided if I should use my savings (~$130k) to buy a BRRRR property in the near ...
Jacob Marsh
Investing in Real Estate as newly Enlisted Military
I am enlisting in the U.S. Navy and I want to get started investing. From what I understand the best steps would be to save for at least a year and rank up to at least an e3. During that time I could build credit, but...
Gwen Speicher
I need help with retirement and tax strategy!
My husband & I bought a 4-BR home for $75K cash in 1988, and over the next 15 years put $50K+ into improvements, including construction of a detached home office. We took the home office deduction for several year...
Robert Koncal
PCSing to Hawaii, six tips for success
You've just received your orders and you're PCSing to Hawaii. You're feeling a lot of different emotions right now. Excitement, but you're also a little worried and think what am I going to do? Not to scare you but yo...
Jason Lee
How are people on instagram achieving financial freedom in 3 years or less via RE?
I feel like I see this everywhere where people on social media are boasting about achieving financial freedom in 2 or 3 years from real estate. Are they just leveraged to the max? I figure most people start out with a...
Suzy R.
Deciding Whether to Buy Neighbor's House
Hi BP Community,I have a wonderful and kind neighbor who has used her house as a storage unit for about 20 years. She stores stuff there, but lives elsewhere. She purchased the house for $299k in 1999. In 2017 it wa...
Justin Smith
Are you comfortable as a landlord?
I am almost to my two year anniversary of being a landlord. Many days are awesome and I love it. Many days are also challenging.
How many years of landlording does it take to come to a place where you feel comfortab...
David Fritch
Input Wanted: Career as a Commercial "Wholesaler"
Hello everybody. I'm looking for advice and contacts regarding my desire to make a career change.BackgroundI've been working as a construction laborer intermittent with doing real estate investing and other business p...
Mike Mitchell
Best use of time?
I am ready to quit my full time job. I have a part time weekend job that can support me and have about $10,000 to spend on marketing for the next 5 months. My goal is to flip as well as wholesale when i dont have the ...
Michelle Reid
Best market & strategy for appreciate now cash flow later
My husband and I live in MA. We are looking for LTR in FL. We have owned a multi-family in the past and got to experience ALL the pros and cons of being a landlord. We've seen rents DEcrease, 2+ months vacancies an...