Jil Tin
Rent vs Sale of current home at our 50s while 12 yrs to Retire
Hello BiggerPockets,Basically we are looking to upgrade our current home to buy a single story home from current two story home of the same size in the same city san Jose. We are aged 55 and 50, we expect to work at l...
Marc Freislinger
Are you male or female between 18 and 42?
Are you ready to serve your mandatory time in the military?
H. R. 5741
To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed servi...
Marcus Peck
Should I become a house appraiser for education?
Hey guys my name is Marcus Peck,I am 21 years old and my brother and I started an LLC for real estate investing (specifically flipping) and right now we are educating and networking. I work 70+ hours a week with my fu...
Logan Wells
Real Estate v. Index Funds
Hi there,I am confused as to if RE can give better returns than investing using index funds.After reading into profits for apartment buildings, it seems to be from 8-11%, although that is around how much successful in...
Christopher DeFronzo
Sprinkler System Maintenance or Concerns?
Hi everyone, I am pretty new to the forums & investing. I am looking for my first deal after reading several of the BP books & J. Scott's estimating rehab costs book. My question is regarding a 3 family (fo...
Kenneth LaVoie
Actual return on investment various pre payment strategies
I know conventional wisdom says "if you pre pay a mortgage, your ROI is whatever the interest rate on the mortgage is". but I KNOW there was an article here that I've since lost track of that showed it's NOT the case....
Account Closed
Realtor AND Investor?
Hi Everyone, I'm curious if any of you have an opinion about being both a practicing Realtor and a real estate investor. I know some people have a license only (no clients) in order to have a competitive advantage in ...
Alex Turchetta
Self 401k purchase refinance
I know that it is possible to purchase real estate using a self directed 401k using a variety of strategies, either purchasing in full or partnering with “yourself” outside of the 401k to purchase the property. Howeve...
Jasmine Claye
How easy is renting?
I recently read "Landlords grow rich in their sleep". Is renting a unit as easy as purchasing a unit, hiring a management group, and collecting the cash flow?
Dominique Nolen
Clarify the relationship between realtors and wholesalers?
As I’m studying wholesaling, a lot of advice is saying to connect with realtors. I’m still not quite sure how wholesalers and realtors collaborate to their mutual benefit. It makes sense that realtors would have the M...