J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...
Golan Corshidi
Is investing based on appreciation a recipe for disaster?
One of the most common topics discussed on bigger pockets and other real estate forums is the decision between a property that cash flows and one that has the potential to appreciate. To take this further, I recently ...
Michael H.
Are you prepping for the crash?
I'm curious what investors are or aren't doing in relation to the impending market crash a lot of people (smarter than me) are saying will happen in the next 2'ish years. I'm selling a house in the next few months and...
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Vice President Harris Announces Economic Agenda
Vice President Harris is expected to announce her plans at a rally on Friday. According to Forbes, it will focus on creating more affordable housing. Some of the finer points that I can see are $25,000 in down payment...
Tou V.
My dilemma: Invest locally, San Francisco / Bay, or out of state?
Here's my dilemma. I took out $200k from one of my properties and have to use it to generate more income. I've gotten some feedback and opinions from others. Just wanted to post it here to see what some of the prof...
Robbie Taylor
Why not snowball the debt on real estate investments?
I love the forums and the podcasts, but one constant I see is that people are looking to add more properties or refinance properties for cash to buy more properties etc.Why don't more people start snowballing down the...
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$1 Million In Rentals - How Much in Reserve?
Ok here goes.... I’ve finally put some of the useful knowledge I’ve acquired over the years on BP into action. My strategy is buy and hold and I’ve just acquired my third deal. I now have approx $1M in rentals but am ...
Dale Osborn
Street Smarts Versus Book Smarts
Too many companies have been very successful after being started by High School drop outs. Others have success by individuals dropping out of college to start their business. Others who have a 4 or 6 year degree end u...
Stephanie Sicard
Multi family as a first time investment ?
I’m getting ready to buy my first rental property within the next 2-3 months . I have 13k saved up and I intend to use an FHA loan.The multi family properties in my area are about 300,000+ for a 2/1 duplex . I found ...
David K.
Turn Key out of state - what is your strategy
Hello BP,so I have acquired 3 turn-key properties since when I started in Summer and in process of closing on 2 more.Out of total 5, 2 are relatively close by (PA and NJ) and I have seen them and believe those are gr...