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Hello all,I've been a BiggerPockets member for quite some time now, and on SEP 30 marks my one year anniversary of being a homeowner. For all intents and purposes you can call me a "military investor". I am a Submarin...
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Hey all,Recently, I replied to a post asking folks whether they track their net worth. Personally, I do track my net worth. However, far more important to me are my financial projection models (which include projectio...
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Rich vs Wealth
As I have been taught, the difference between rich and wealth is rich people work for money; wealthy people have their money work for them.
To illustrate, some professional U.S. athletes ...
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I am curious what people are thinking about for goals for 2019- are they financial? are they personal growth focused? are they multi-leveled? What are you doing to meet these goals to hold yourself accountable? How ar...
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If there was one golden nugget; one tip, you could give that would aid in the long term success of a new real estate investor, what would it be?
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My wife and I have a NNN property in rural MS which is going great. The lease is guaranteed by the parent company, so even if store goes dark, we get paid as long as the company is solvent.We live abroad and are cons...
Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminu...
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Hey all, I currently have a rental property that is currently paid off, with about 650k worth of equity. I hate to have all of this equity just sit here doing nothing, so what kind of strategies would you guys take to...
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Hello BP members,What you are guys using to project potential rent of a property when analyzing a deal?So far i have rentometer and checking with local property managers.
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Are you accepting a lower CoC return than you historically have due to interest rate hikes? I am finding it almost impossible to find a 30% return (the gold standard for STR's) due to interest rates being this high. A...