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Anyone else feel like we are due for a little downside? It's inevitably going to happen again...history always repeats itself....just a matter of when???? Then it's buy buy buy
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Ok. We are in deflation now, and we don't know how long it is going to last.
Because of our government, we know that eventually interest rates, taxes, and inflation are going to go up, up, up. The most important pri...
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Hi everyone,BP newbie and first post in the forums. I live in Orange County, CA and am looking to buy my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've been looking outside of Southern California as I have not been able to ...
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I'm still new to biggerpockets so please forgive if I'm posting in the wrong area or to often.
I made a post the other day about "sweat equity" scenario. I've slowly been making progress on figuring out how make thi...
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I commented before on my situation, but just a quick recap so you know where I am coming from. I am self employed via eCommerce and my business bring me about 15K/ month profit and rising - leading me to want to inves...
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Hi everyone, My wife and I have been saving up to make our first move into real estate investing together. Our plan is to purchase a buy-and-hold property with long term renters. We are looking for properties under $3...
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Hi guys! I’d love your help! I’ve lived in the USA for 5.5 years in San Francisco (4yrs) and I’m currently living in the Boston area (1.5yrs). As you know these are expensive areas to invest, so I’m looking to invest...
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Hello! Looking for advice from other out of state investors who self-manage their properties that are part of an HOA.
I'm new to whole process of investing with a property inside an HOA out of state and looking for ...
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Hi BP members!! This will be our first post so please bare with us. So we received a call from a lady working for Renatus called Christina and she offered the mentoring we were looking for. She asked a series of quest...
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HiI bought two properties this year and sold them for a profit. It is my understanding the profit from those flips will be treated as active income and subject to self employment tax. However I didn't even lift a fing...