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Things that have occurred today:Today the DOW dropped 1,175 points - marking the largest single-day decline in the index's history. The stock market has been on an absolute tear over the last year and many point to to...
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Would you buy a property with negative cash flow?My husband and I want to invest in a townhouse that we plan on selling once the mortgage is paid in full. We could have the mortgage for 30 years, but we are choosing o...
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My mom had a stroke in April which has eliminated any possibility of her ever returning to her extremely stressful 7 job. She is still technically employed and earning an income while she still has sick hours, and she...
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Good Morning,
I have a small IRA (less than $20k) to start investing in RE. Is there a way to start investing in notes without having a huge amount of cash? Who is doing this in Seattle? I keep hearing it can be don...
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Hello everyone! My name is Jason, I am new to bigger pockets and new to real estate in general. I'm on bigger pockets to get to get to know all of you and learn as much as I can about real estate investing. I'm inte...
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NMAR (Northwest Montana Association of realtors) The title company told me this morning that the head of NMAR just sent out a memo (haven't seen it since it is confidential????) declaring SS double closings illegal!...
Hi All, My goal is to purchase a multi family rental in 2018 and house hack it. I'm curious to know how much you all budgeted for reserves when you purchased your first deal? Would you take your 401k into consideratio...
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Based on comps look like it is valued between 450-480K.I’m getting it for 355K but it needs roughly about 15-35K in work (15K on the low end, 35K on the high end if I fix the optional stuff and it costs more than esti...