Jason Merchey
Q. About Cap Rates and Compression/Expansion in Underwriting
I was thinking about the assumption that the cap rate will expand by 20 basis points in a 5 year period in a syndication I’m considering. From 4.5% at acquisition to 5.5% upon predicted exit. I was asking myself if it...
Tareq Salaita
What’s your second favorite investment after real estate?
Stocks? Bitcoin? Etc.. I know there are plenty of different ways to invest in real estate, but assume you wanted to diversify and invest away from real estate— where would you go? Curious to hear where the biggerpocke...
Ross Bowman
Peak of the market: gurus everywhere
Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
Olivia C.
Pls help - need advisor to evaluate my real estate investments
I've been interviewing new CFPs and other investment advisers and they only want to create for me a portfolio of stocks, bonds, retirement cash, and bank accounts to produce a return of 6% or more. I can do that myse...
Colin J Parks
Intro to the BP community!
Hello everyone! My name is Colin, I am an aspiring investor born and raised in Milwaukee, WI. I have been a member of BP for a while, attending webinars and reading blogs. I have realized the importance of interacting...
Morgan Warfield
New Young Investor Looking for Tips!!
Hi! I am Morgan, I'm 19 and I'm just getting into real estate investing. I want to start early so I can build up my investing more and more over time. I'm currently taking Robert Kiyosaki's real estate course online s...
Carly Staehlin
New Member from Remote Alaska (and BC!)
Hello Biggerpockets Community,
I’m thrilled to be among you! I joined BP about a month ago, following a link from reddit related to landlording, and I've spent a couple of hours here every day since then. I'v...
Ricky Schmidt
Moving to Greenville, SC or Austin, TX- Better market of the two?
Hello fellow Bigger Pockets members! I have learned so much in the past months from the BP forums and podcast. What an amazing platform for those enthusiastic about real estate. I have recently graduated from Clemson ...
Jeffrey Hunter
New and aspiring real estate investor
Hello, I am new to the BiggerPockets Forums and wanted to give a little introduction about myself and how I came across the forums. Currently I am a Senior at Keene State College in NH! Originally from the central Mas...
Robert Johnson
New to the forum!
Hey everyone, I'm Robert and I'm new here (and to real estate investing in general). I'm interested in real estate from the perspective of generating cash flow for my lifestyle. I live in Austin, TX and everything is ...