J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...
Chris Meunier
Pros/Cons to paying off rental property early
Hi Everyone! I have a rental property with the following details:210k loan balance $2500/month rent$6000/yr in income after PITI and costs todayIf I pay off the remaining balance on the loan, I will have over 10% cash...
Christopher Morris
Is Relying on Cash Flow Feasible?
Listening to all of the podcasts and reading the BP books / Rich Dad Poor Dad types makes it seem like building a portfolio and scaling smart could lead to early retirement and living on cash flow that ultimately repl...
Davido Davido
Unusual Tax Question Is this money for nothing? Is it Tax Free?
I intend to borrow money from segregated rental income accounts that I have established for multiple parcels of apparently abandoned real estate that I control, but do not own. Does anyone know, of a law (State or Fe...
Ami Sapir
An American Nightmare
My name is Ami and I have made a pretty big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...
Amit M.
Why appreciation matters in the SF/Bay Area
check out this interpretation of the case-shiller index over the last 30 years. Basically several huge, long run ups, and a few short, minor corrections. Tricky and challenging to get in, but this is how you make the ...
Wendell De Guzman
Make $1M in 12 Months (Real Life of a Real Estate Investor Year 2)
Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...
Justin Williams
150 Flips in 2014!
So I thought it would be cool to document my goal of buying 150 flip houses this and documenting my progress here for the BP community.
My reason for doing this is to help educate and encourage others, k...
Steve S.
Where are the real investors? Any one know?... Bueller... Bueller
BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...
Laith Ali
can you come up with $400 in an emergency
Hi,I was reading an article a few days ago that said 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 if they had an emergency. I couldn't believe almost half the country is that broke. The median household income is 60k, so ...