Benjamin Williams
1st year college student thinking of dropping out to pursue REI
Hello I am 20 years old in my 2nd semester of college. I live alone, am single, have no children. I have no dependents, no car notes, nothing except rent, gasoline, food. The bare minimum. I have a part time job that ...
Benjamin Manibog
Paying For Mentorship Programs
I was introduced to a program called “Freedom Mentors,” by a friend, where you pay $15-25k to be coached on investing and you have to split earnings 50/50 up to your first 500k and then you’re out of the program and o...
Josh Stack
A "Hall Analysis" of Gastonia as a Market for Buy&Hold Rentals
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...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold strategies in high priced areas
I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
Jo Zhou
An old couple in difficulty and cannot pay rent, what could I do?
Hi, everybody, could you give me some advises for my situation? I have an older couple (in their mid 70s, they are in the wheel chairs), they have been paying the rent on time for 5 years. Lately, they have been late ...
Mark S.
Feedback on crowdfunding platforms
The increasing number of crowdfunding platforms makes it a bit of a challenge to decide which ones to look at seriously, and which to avoid. As an accredited investor seeking to diversify my portfolio, Fundraise &...
Jay Hinrichs
60 minutes show on the crisis in america of boarded up homes ruining neighborhoods or is it an investors opportunity
What is your opinion are these large swaths of boarded up homes we see in the mid west upper rust belt ruining these cities or are they an investors dream opportunity to get into the RE game for ridiculously low price...
Benny Morfas
Buying a 4-plex for under $30k.. but in a class D area. Worth it?
Hi everybody!I thought I’d turn to the forums because I saw an interesting deal, but there’s some red flags. Since I’m relatively new to real estate, I’m hoping some more experienced people can guide me in the right d...
Blake Wood
First Rental in Expensive Market
Hello BiggerPockets,Would love to hear some opinions/feedback on what course to choose as I try to tackle my first rental property. I am an agent in San Diego and work with some of the top flippers in the area (If yo...
Kelly Olson
If you could do it all over again...
INVESTORS! If you could use the knowledge you have now and start from the beginning of your investing journey with $150k to start, how would you invest it to scale cash flow fast? I have spent a lot of time learning t...