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Kenneth D. Feeling overwhelmed and discouraged
4 October 2023 | 91 replies

I'm 43 and wanted to invest in real estate. I am trying to learn but for whatever reason it feels over my head. What resources exist for absolute beginners? I tried going to a local meetup and felt really out of place...

Ben Leybovich How To Get Out of Real Estate...?!
22 December 2014 | 152 replies

Everyone is asking how to get into RE.  I want to know - how to get out?  It was fun while it lasted, but I'm kinda done...Any ideas?I've had oil on my mind lately, and Serge is no freaking help.  Should I maybe buy s...

Tom R. Do any of you play the lottery?
2 November 2018 | 177 replies

I stopped playing the lottery a long time ago. Even then I only played the large jackpots.  I'm finding myself tempted again. There are two huge jackpots right now totaling 2.6 billion dollars combined.  If I won eith...

Adriana Arnold Ongoing eviction from hell in California
17 June 2021 | 123 replies

Hello All, 
I am brand new to BiggerPockets and find it to be a great place comprised of helpful advice and expertise. I am a landlord of a single family home in California that has run my property as a charity rathe...

Bao Nguyen Financial independence from passive rental income: how long does it take?
16 January 2017 | 143 replies

Like many other real estate investor, I seek to buy and hold real estate, and enjoy the cash flow and any possible appreciation.   However, since my target properties are lower end properties that often requires rehab...

Kenneth M. Is it OK to buy into a Negative Cash Flow Property?
11 June 2016 | 110 replies

Hello, Newbie here!I'm putting an offer in on a triplex in southern California for about $950kIts in a desirable area and it brings in about $5k a month in rents. The rents are about as high as they can go, so I can't...

Erin Spradlin So What If Airbnb Is Crashing Right Now...
17 June 2020 | 79 replies

I'll try to limit my rant here, but since the Wall Street Journal published a somewhat nasty article about Airbnb investors in late April and I represent a lot of Denver Airbnb Investors and Colorado Springs Airbnb in...

Branden Sewell That didn’t go as planned!
29 August 2018 | 152 replies

I reached out to a lender and I was told I had to have capital of my own. I thought you didn’t have to have capital? He told me any lender is going to require me to have capital. He basically told me to save up some m...

Bryan Hancock How Do We Get More People To Engage In BP Discussions?
8 July 2011 | 146 replies

I did a quick check and there have recently been over 500 people (within the last day) people on BP. Most topics have 5-15 main players comment back and forth and a variety of lurkers that just view things.

How can ...

Marcus Auerbach Why getting into real estate primarily for cash flow is wrong - and even dangerous
6 February 2025 | 87 replies

Hear me out.Over the last years, more and more of the BP discussions circle around cash flow. As LTR was getting harder 2018-2020 STR became the new thing everyone started chasing. Until that started getting difficult...