Hello All,About two years ago I opened a Roth IRA after taking a college class for Personal Money Management since my teacher encouraged diversification and the tax benefits and all that jazz. Well since then, I have ...
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Good morning all!I do want to preface this with - I did search the forum briefly for a direct answer and found none. So if there is a thread about this, please let me know!I was reading a few things about people rejec...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I started investing in real estate early this year. So far I've managed to purchase one SFH for $385,000 15 miles south of downtown LA and a 3-unit Multi-Family property about 2 hours east of LA. I...
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Hello everyone and happy 4th of July!!! I am getting ready to close on a house later this month. 7/15/16 is the closing date right now. I was planning on doing some financing on this one but it has become a little d...
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Hello fellow BP members. Has anyone taken the training provided by Than Merrill's group Fortune Builders? I'm looking for any pros and cons in taking this or any "Guru" type training. Any responses will be greatly...
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I've finally done it. My first batch of yellow letters went out yesterday. Whoever said that thinking doesn't cure fear but action does was spot on.
I know Greg Smith's thread is popular so I figure people might enjo...
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I am at the airport flying back home from the BPCON2019 conference. Like many of you, I had some great take-ways from the discussion panels, seminars and social hour conversations. I thought I would create a thread fo...
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I've been obsessed the past decade on trying to understand why some people become financially free, while the majority of the population is living paycheck to paycheck.I just launched a book called Baby Money Soldiers...
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This is really going to be off topic! Who in the BP community is a Bourbon and Whiskey drinker, collector or snob. I have begun to collect and really learn more about the art of Bourbon and have taken a break from r...
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Would you raise rent in a good tenant that has paid on time without issue for the whole year?