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Jim K. You will have to do ugly things to get ahead in real estate
18 October 2021 | 152 replies

Would you agree or disagree?

Ericka G. Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
3 April 2017 | 178 replies

If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

Ben Leybovich Are You Depressed?
25 January 2017 | 142 replies

Real Estate is so freaking boring… and yet that’s all we talk about. Why – is it because this is all we are interested in?How about the meaning of life – would you engage in a conversation about the meaning of life? H...

Bryan Hancock Structuring "Bubbles" For Seller Financed Notes
9 March 2011 | 72 replies

I was wondering if any on here have successfully used bubbles for structuring seller financed notes. The concept is to get a small balloon payment for less than the full amount of what is owed on the note to meet the...

Justin Goodin 60 of the 100 largest U.S. cities now negative rent growth
3 February 2024 | 86 replies

60 of the 100 largest U.S. cities now negative rent growth, according to Apartment List.Here's the list:1. Oakland, CA -9.3%2. Huntsville, AL -5.7%3. Atlanta, GA -5.6%4. Austin, TX -5.4%5. Portland, OR -5.4%6. St. Lou...

Tom R. Do any of you play the lottery?
2 November 2018 | 177 replies

I stopped playing the lottery a long time ago. Even then I only played the large jackpots.  I'm finding myself tempted again. There are two huge jackpots right now totaling 2.6 billion dollars combined.  If I won eith...

Tyler Baldwin Biden introduces plan to increase taxes on Real Estate investors
13 November 2020 | 215 replies

Presidential candidate Joe Biden plans is announcing a $775 Billion dollar plan to boost Child and Elderly care. It’s a decade long plan that will be paid for by reducing or eliminating 1031 tax breaks for real estate...

Gina Dovel If you were just starting out and had $150,000 to invest in real estate where would you begin?
17 October 2017 | 261 replies

If you were just starting out and had $150,000 to invest in real estate where would you begin? ( This is me! I would like to have at least $4000 a month in income by the end of the year.) 

Alison Buckley To 'hood or not to 'hood
26 March 2009 | 63 replies

Hi Everyone--

I am looking for some insight about investing in the hood aka rougher part of town, where properties are much less inexpensive - it would be nice to help contribute to these rough areas by making them l...

Jay Marks New Landlord Wishing To Evict Existing Tenant....Help me out
30 April 2023 | 75 replies

Ok this sounds horrible but please read it all. I just bought my son and his wife a condo here in miami. My son is a trader, he's 27 years old and he was renting a unit for $6,500/month a big waste of money imo. He...