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Account Closed How Investing in the Stock Market Saps Your Wealth
13 January 2021 | 243 replies

Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...

Josh Stack A "Hall Analysis" of Gastonia as a Market for Buy&Hold Rentals
4 May 2021 | 75 replies

Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...

Gordon Vaughn The Best Kept Secret For Bidding On HUD Homes
5 June 2024 | 274 replies

I have bid & won more HUD homes for my investors than I can count, and I use a strategy that I have been hoarding all to myself for several years. A few of you may already have an inside track and are familiar wit...

Alexander Parunin Avoiding city (building) inspectors and code enforcement
12 June 2023 | 82 replies

We just recently started house renovation and got red tagged by the city inspector. I guess he saw dumpster while driving around or maybe neighbors complained. So we learned never leave dumpster in city limits.
Could...

Dulce Beltran Buy a Tesla Model 3?
7 November 2021 | 213 replies

I am in the position to go green aka electric thanks to solar, the numbers all make sense to move in this direction. My net out of pocket expense is roughly $14K, finance it with a low payment, and rapidly pay it off....

Denise Evans Alabama Tax Sale Redemption Rights
14 January 2024 | 234 replies

There are four different tax sale redemption periods in Alabama.  At the time of the tax sale, the investor receives a Certificate, which entitles it to possession of the property. Three years after the tax sale, the ...

Dovid Staples Opendoor & Offerpad; What's Their Angle?
13 October 2019 | 154 replies

I haven't seen anything in the forums less than a year old about this, but here on phoenix I hear a commercial for Offerpad/Opendoor perhaps 4-5 times a day. Always kinda figured they must lowball quick cash offers an...

Marcus Auerbach Newbies: investing is not rocket science - don't let the gurus tell you otherwise
11 June 2024 | 116 replies

Alright, I just read a post from a guru pitching services on BP. I did not want to respond with what I really think, but let me tell you my story here instead.
In 2007 I went to a RichDad seminar: after the free Thur...

Patrick Goswitz Purchasing Material For Contractors
24 October 2024 | 139 replies

I found a contractor I like to rehab a house I bought. Is it best for the investor to always purchase the material? I am assuming the answer is "yes" to get credit card points and prevent a contractor from charging a ...

Jeff Sims What kind of car do you drive?
22 July 2021 | 499 replies

Just a fun post here. I have been a SFR investor for 15 years and now have $2M in rental RE while working a full time career. The cash flow was tight for years it seemed but the snowball of debt paydown is rolling b...