James Krahula
Stock Market While Saving For Down Payment?
I am currently saving for my first down payment on a buy and hold real estate property. I'm using Barclays with their really high 1.5% APY savings account. A lot of people will argue that if you are saving for a down ...
Amy Solomon
Contractor fee to walk through property before bid is placed?
With our old contractor, years ago, we'd walk through a property right before we placed the bid, so we could see if my calculations for the renovation were on spot. He'd give me ideas, show me ways we could avoid/...
Alejandro Ortiz
Looking for a State to invest.
Hey everybody. I am looking to invest out of State. I currently live in Victorville, California. The prices in California are way to high already. I am really interested in investing out of estate. I am open to sugges...
Sapir Simply
New Agent - Should I Americanize My Name?
Hi everyone!So my question is pretty straightforward. I am a new Real Estate agent and I wonder if I should Americanize my name to gain that initial connection with clients? A lot of people have difficulties pronounci...
Hannah Hammond
How would you invest 200k of private money at 10% interest?
Someone who I am close with wants to partner in real estate and is willing to private lend up to $200,000 at an interest rate of 10%. I have plenty of landlord experience in single family homes, but have not yet owned...
Mark Robertson
Its happened: The first Crowdfunding investment that's NOT working out
ifunding seems to be the first crowdfunding portal to have an investment (actually 5 investments) not go according to plan. They have 5 fix and flip deals in Milwaukee with the Orange group that were suppose to yield...
Mindy Jensen
BP Podcast 233: 15 deals in the first 18 months - Arianne Lemire
Finding deals is hard. Getting started is hard. Taking the plunge can be nerve-wracking and a familiar term on this site is analysis paralysis. Episode 233 of The BiggerPockets Podcast features Arianne Lemire, and he...
Kenneth LaVoie
Determining offer price for sfh
I have just started looking for single family houses to buy and rent in the central maine (waterville, winslow) area. My plan (abbreviated) is to find plain but nice homes in decent areas, (not "high end" areas, just ...
Rich Weese
$200,000 to invest. Your chance to help in the decision
I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount. Â Â Â I've always tried to ...
William Coet
Tax Difference: 8% Real Estate ROI to 8% Stock Market ROI.
Hello,
Which one wins on a 30 year horizon?
When looking at a long term real estate investment (approximately a 30 year rental property hold) that returns 8% annually compared to the stock market that returns an ave...