How many of you are aware of your personal balance sheet? While, I don't worry about pennies, I do track my balance sheet.
A personal balance sheet is slightly different than a business balance sheet.
Major Elemen...
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I am fairly new to BP but just wanted to share that my offer on investment property number 2 was just accepted today! I haven't closed yet and I know I'm counting my chickens too soon, but I'm excited to have jumped ...
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This is my first time being a landlord and it's safe to say I'm not very good at it (yet). I came across Bigger Pockets a few months ago and am now seriously considering pursuing REI, but realize I need to change how ...
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I have an opportunity to purchase a 50 unit apartment, along with 7 other SFR properties (14 doors total for those) from a retired old-school RE investor. He keeps telling me that he used to buy his properties using t...
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Hey everyone, I live in Los Angeles, got married just before Covid hit, and my wife and I want to move to another state to start our lives, and hopefully a new financial freedom in real estate investment. Whichever th...
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I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind about Crypto, specifically Bitcoin, nor do I expect this post to be popular or liked by 95% of BP users
I really like the money podcast and I’m listening back and am starting to...
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I'm a new landlord and not quite sure what to do in this situation, so any advice is greatly appreciated. My tenant asked me today if I would replace the oven (gas stovetop) because it has a lot of tiny grease stains ...
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I'm new in the real estate and I have never done it before, but got around 200k to start investing and generating some monthly cashflow. I've been learning that over here (SD) is terrible to get some cashflow but its ...
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My original idea was to have my Last name in the business name for the entity that would be managing my properties. The properties themselves would be in separate LLCs. My question is if this is a stupid idea. Others ...
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Hey BP,I wanted to take a collective poll as to who has had experience and what the community has heard regarding Fannie Mae's HomeStyle renovation mortgage product -- not to be confused with the HomePath renovation p...