Vikram C.
Does buy-and-hold make any sense now?
Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:
1. Total debt has increased e...
Josh Belgard
HELOC AIO All In One
Seeking a bank that offers a prImary resIdence HELOC (All In One). We use PLOCs for our rentals and they work very well. We don’t want a fully amortized loan but a simple interest HELOC. Any bank leads are welcome. W...
Dan Schnurbusch
Dan, New Investor in St. Louis, MO
Hello BiggerPockets folks,Although I originally created my profile a while back, I never got serious about real estate investing until quite recently. After obtaining my law degree from the University of Missouri, Col...
Scott Trench
My Thoughts on the Current Economy (Will I Upset All Parties?)
This is a monologue, but I'm interested to see reactions. I've been mulling over a number of high level things, and think that economic reality in 2022 is very different than people (media, left, right, etc.) perceive...
Frank Barletta
Is Syracuse, NY really a dump?? Maybe not.
Let's not forget about Syracuse, NY (but just from an investment perspective).
Syracuse, a prominent city in New York, offers a rich tapestry of culture, history, and education, highlighted by institutions like Syrac...
Brandon Turner
Pitbulls as service animals... I don't want to get sued!
Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...
Jeff Tumbarello
A historical overview of what may happen in the near term......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR,
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Rhonda Shrum
Trying to find a decent renter...discouraged
I feel beat down. I've done everything right, to get into the game. I educated myself, I joined all the local RE clubs, joined a local mastermind program (which I highly recommend!) and I've gotten wonderful inside kn...
John Bapst
Are We at the Top of the Market??
What is going on in Southern Maine? Over the last 12-18 months, feel like valuations have gone hyperbolic. Looking at cap rates on some 2-4 units and there is actually stuff with a 3-handle on it! Most seem to be ~4.0...
Emily Wolters
Multi family house hacking.
Me 21 and my husband 24 are looking to start investing in multi family, our plan is to buy 3 or 4 unit properties, live in one unit and rent out the others one year at a time until we have a cash flow good enough to q...