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Porter Rappleye Why is REI better than investing in the stock market?
3 December 2014 | 165 replies

Hello Everyone!

I'm trying to convince my finance/MBA friend why REI is a better business decision than investing in the stock market and I'm not sure he's convinced. What is the best article on BP you've re...

Jason Ling Machine learning and Real Estate Investing
2 August 2021 | 68 replies

Big question - why hasn't anyone applied data science and machine learning in the real estate domain?With the recent (7 years?) advances in natural language processing, image recognition and the validation of various ...

Rich Weese This won't matter to me-but it should matter to you!
7 July 2010 | 69 replies

I'm too old to see a lot of the socialistic changes and bankrupt cities and states that you will. I just ask one question. How do we sustain the direction headed?
CBO (congressional Budget Office) just listed the...

Brandon Lowery Qualified Intermediary Scam?
6 September 2020 | 175 replies

Hi everyone...  I'm new to this forum, thanks for having me.I'm in a little bind and need some help related to a 1031 exchange where a Qualified Intermediary is holding $113,344.93 of my money.   Looking for some advi...

Shiloh Lundahl Realistically most investors won’t replace all income W/ cashflow
23 January 2022 | 174 replies

I don’t mean to burst peoples’ bubbles here, but in my opinion, most investors on BiggerPockets won’t get to a place where they can replace all their monthly income with the cash flow of their properties. Some will. B...

Kyle Scholnick Does Anyone Own ALL turnkey??
28 October 2016 | 241 replies

I know there are many people who like to get their feet wet with turnkey, but does anyone actually own ALL turnkeys? Does anyone own 30 turnkey properties? Can anyone actually speak up that owns nothing but turnkey an...

Desmond Price REI vs Stock Market
30 September 2017 | 54 replies

Hey guys, obviously I'm new to REI and trying to understand REI vs investing in the stock market. I have been focusing on SFR to buy and hold and I don't see the returns I do in my stock market portfolio (up 24% YTD)....

Michael Hicks Going around a wholesaler?
19 December 2019 | 89 replies

I was recently contacted by a new wholesaler about a property in an area that I love to buy in.  On the surface it was a great deal based on the pics(very few), the price, and the area.  I arranged to meet with him th...

Fred Ramos Why You should Stop Buying Rentals And Become The Bank
12 September 2016 | 79 replies

Let's set the tone straight; most people don't get into the rental business because they like to manage problematic tenants, deal with leaky toilets or attend eviction hearings.Most people follow traditional investmen...

Cam Jimmy Why does it seem so hard for a realtor to submit low ball offers?
25 February 2017 | 73 replies

So, I haven't been doing this often at all, but with 3 different realtors I've talked to, it seems like they are so annoyed with submitting low ball offers for me. They all say it in an annoyed way "I'll do it... but ...