A decade back I encountered vastly a higher percent of renter families saving up tens of thousands of dollars and moving out of their apt within a few years into their first homes.These days I rarely ever come across ...
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Please forgive me, I am not an expert with this type of analysis!
My question is.. Should I buydown the mortgage, or not?
This is a 30-year fixed, 25% down, investment property.
The non-buydown in...
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Hello :) My name is Synthia B. and I am 1 year-in of growing my knowledge of RE investing. During that time, it has been hustle + save on repeat. Other than my countless hours on youtube and reading about RE, I have n...
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Alright so What is the benefit of contributing to a Roth 401K vs self investing in a taxable account granted you have the discipline to invest. I am looking to invest more in RE and like the liquidity that a non 401k ...
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Getting a good chunk of change back from IRS and I want to start investing by buying a property in the $80-$90k range ready to rent out but the wife thinks we should eliminate our debt first. Is it a good idea to get ...
Above are actual numbers that I tracked on Personal Capital and graphed using http://sankeymatic.com/build/.I just hit a 50% savings rate of my after tax income! A high savings rate is stressed in Scott Trench's book...
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So from all the podcast I’ve listened to and books that I’ve read, the one thing that keeps popping up is “If you want to get into real estate, just start.” Yes I agree, a lot of people spend to much time learning and...
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Hello Bigger Pockets! I'm McKenna Garcia from Layton, Utah. I'm a tech at a lab in Salt Lake, and I'm most of the way through school for microbiology. My husband is an electrical engineer weeks away from finishing his...
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I've been reading on this site now for well over 8 months, and recently joined so I could communicate with some of these great mi...
I am single and work a full-time job in the school system and have accepted the fact I'll never have the financial security I want if I continue to do what I'm doing...I'll be working till the day I die:( So I did som...