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Lam N. Weird question, is this a bad idea?
21 June 2021 | 85 replies

I currently drive a beat-up old minivan with 240K miles on it.  Yeah, I sacrificed myself to jump-start my rental business.  I plan on buying the Tesla Cybertruck as my main vehicle.  Recently, a thought came to me.  ...

Rick Bassett Tenant screening uncovered DUI's, jail time etc
14 June 2014 | 62 replies

Hi All,

Looking for a sanity check here with a potential tenant.

He called on a property, loved it with 2 minutes of walking through it (almost no one loves this property as it has a strange floor plan) and emailed...

Derrick Thomas Discrimination in Real Estate Investment
30 June 2017 | 88 replies

I know this one might get a bit controversial, but I think it's important to have this discussion. I started out investing a bit over a year ago and it was just recently I started experiencing some discrimination once...

Samantha M. Prepared for the 2013 Recession?
2 August 2012 | 54 replies

Many media outlets, respected investors and the like are reporting 2013 will be yet another recession. Possibly more severe than the one in 2008 due to factors such as increased national debt, printing money, manipula...

Brook Rieman Inheriting a "sexually violent predator against children" tenant
23 October 2018 | 73 replies

We had our offer accepted on our first rental property and after looking up the current tenants, we've got a convicted, registered sexually violent predator against children in this triplex. Repeat offender. Anyone de...

Elizabeth M Williams How Psychology Impacts our Investing
19 September 2021 | 8 replies

I was reflecting on some of the initial impressions people have about multifamily syndications today, which prompted me to dig a bit deeper into the ‘why’ behind comments I’ve seen on message boards & social media...

Bill Gulley ETHICS, What Is Expected In Business
25 March 2013 | 29 replies

I just read a thread where an "investor" suggested that someone way the risk and if the down side could be covered, afford to suffer, to take the less ethical route.

Another thread was suggesting that investors just ...

Jason Malabute MY THOUGHTS ON SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSE
22 March 2023 | 305 replies

The following are my thoughts on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and any thoughts of upcoming bailouts. As an advocate for responsible financial practices, I believe that the government should not bail out banks t...

Tom De Napoli How is the COVID-19 Crisis Impacting Retail Real Estate?
14 April 2020 | 2 replies

Bigger Pockets Community,
Before the COVID-19 crisis, my investing partner and I were analyzing deals for neighborhood strip centers in our home region.  What a difference a month (or three) makes.  Over the past sev...