James Edmister
Pay down student loans faster or buy our first property?
Ok, I have read through the student loans posts and didn't see anything quite like our situation, so I figured I'd lay it out and see what you all thought.My wife and I have about $230K in combined student loan debt. ...
Matthew McNeil
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Question
12 months ago, I paid off my first rental SFH property in Boise/Meridian, Idaho. Net cashflow is $1060/month. Comps say the current market value is $230,000. I paid $172,000. Two options I’m looking at;
Sell and i...
Mark C
10-15+% levered returns possible? With 1-1.5M cash
My partner and I did our first deal a few years ago which went really well and we have about 1-1.5M in equity, but the problem is that the cash flow it generates is not that great - partly because cap rates are so ...
Stephen Quesinberry
First Buy & Hold using BRRR Strategy in DFW!
Hi Everyone! Excited to share my success story and lessons learned during my first BRRR and second investment property. Hopefully, everyone can learn from it! Here are some lessons learned during my first SFH BRRR in ...
Andrew Davis
The Power of Bigger Pockets
Part 1Hey BP Community,I wanted to take some time and share this project that literally would not have happened without Bigger Pockets. Thank you again @Joshua Dorkin for taking the risk to start this. Many of you ha...
Scott Riggott
Bad Living Situation
I'll try to keep this as short as possible (ok, just finished - it is rather long). I included a redacted version of my lease below a bunch of equal signs (====) for anyone who really wants to read into this.
TLDR: ...
Account Closed
First REI deal looked promising but rehab costs keep growing
Calling out to all investors...How many of you thought you had at least a base hit on your first property and then, in the end it turned out to bite you (financially speaking). I am in the process of buying a foreclo...
Raquel L.
Young, Dumb Investment Mistakes-- Cut My Losses And Take The Hit?
Well. Woe is me. Here's the tale of a young, banana-headed investor who leaped fast without the analysis paralysis that so many would-be investors suffer from...
Okay, SO... to start, someone recently ask...
Hannah Stephenson
Why can't I sell my flip!
We bought a home in one of the nicer zip codes in our city, in the top school district at what we thought was a deal. We put a significant amount of money into the house and have received excellent feedback on the ren...
Ben Leybovich
Don't Buy $30,000 pigs in Ohio (or Mid-West)
It's not talking this time, though, if you've been paying attention, you know that I've been preaching this message for years... Here's an email from this morning names and locations edited out):Hey Ben - Really enjo...