Jeff Kehl
Are Vacation Rentals ever cash flow positive?
I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...
Alex Silang
Why do you want to be superwealthy?
Just an honest question.Besides being able to "retire early" and maybe do a couple international trips a year, why do you want to acquire a massive amount of wealth? I used to fall into this category. But then I switc...
Account Closed
The $30k rental club.......
Im sure many of us have read all the warnings and reviews of buying low price properties, and the problems typically associated with them, but all that considered, it is what first attracts a lot of people , indeed th...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Ericka G.
Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
Marek Kucharski
Important decision: Rental real estate vs stocks
My wife and I have three houses that we rent out. This journey started about 10 years ago. We have 15-year mortgages on these. The houses are worth about $800K (TX). We are very happy with how these houses appreciated...
Nadir M.
Is it me or are more investors against the BRRRRR method?
What’s everyone take on the BRRRRR method? I think it’s a fantastic idea but I’m beginning to hear more and more investors against it. Shouldn’t be leaving money in your property. 75% LTV or even 80% isn’t enough. Los...
Matt Hangsleben
401K: Continue Contributions or Stop?
I recently purchased my first rental property with no money down. I did so by necessity as I am cash broke! However, I do put a substantial amount of money into my 401K account every pay check. I have always been r...
Alex Silang
"Biggest mistake" was to do out-of-state turnkey investing
So I'm in the process of looking at turnkey investing. I even made a post about it on BP but it didn't get many responses. A blogger I follow is "FIfighter". He's pretty reputable in the financial independence blogosp...
James W.
$100/door debate-sell me on it
I see a lot of discussion with people saying they want at least $100/door but I don't really understand how it can be a good metric unless there would be a big value add opportunity with a big cash out (limiting the i...