So I have to put $1,500,000 in a rental somewhere. The option (for whatever reason) is either LA (appreciation) or Baltimore (cash flow).Sure, investors never can agree to disagree on which is best, but the numbers se...
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The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...
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Wholesaling real estate can be life changing. I know a lot of people who started from nothing and now make 6+ figures annually doing so, that pisses agents off lol. The things I see about wholesaling on BiggerPockets ...
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If you are one of the people on here posting about the market crashing, and expecting deep discounts some time in the not so distant future, then are you selling your portfolio today? If not, why not? Things are still...
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Hi Folks,
Our friends at the IRS are auditing my 2009 return, mostly because of my real estate professional designation.
I have a full time job and the rentals take up all of the rest of my time and I easily spend mo...
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Hi everyone,
I listened to a webinar the other day that had an interesting idea. They called it residential backflipping. I'll try to lay out the basics from that webinar here (this is what Peter Conti and Jerry Nort...
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There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.
So . . .
What Was Y...
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I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind about Crypto, specifically Bitcoin, nor do I expect this post to be popular or liked by 95% of BP users
I really like the money podcast and I’m listening back and am starting to...
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Hello to all my BP brothers and sisters,An Alaskan multi-family investor here, thinking about getting into the Hampton Roads market, because it's only 4,468 miles away! (so says google)No, seriously, we have family in...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community,
I am in a little bit of a situation and looking for help. My wife and I have been flipping homes for the last three years, we have flipped 30 houses with all of them being profitable. M...