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Tom Jensen Whole Life Insurance as a Foundation for Real Estate Investing
4 June 2024 | 221 replies

I’ve recently come across the concept of “personal banking” through “overfunding” whole life insurance policies and leveraging the cash value to buy assets.In theory it sounds like a can’t loose situation. You have a...

Brendon Bourne Closing Day Best Practices - Inheriting Tenants
11 May 2023 | 7 replies

Hello. I am closing on a 3 unit multi-family today and am inheriting 2 tenants (one section 8). I wanted get advice for best practices on for day 1 landlording as this will be my first time being a landlord.Any sugges...

Ron T. Robert Kiyosaki The Lazy way to invest in real estate.
25 March 2023 | 230 replies

Have some of you read this book? Is there new unique methods that we should know that aren’t discussed on Bigger Pockets? I’d appreciate comments or brief review.  I’d love to think there WAS a (Profitable) lazy way...

Jay Hinrichs The 2% rule kills values
21 October 2017 | 211 replies

As one who had never heard of the 2% rule or 1% or any of the other terminology that floats around BP,, I just became aware of the 2% rule. I was talking with a fellow from Oregon who was lamenting that there are no 2...

Douglas Gratz What is the new construction process? Dig lot, pour concrete, etc
14 May 2024 | 201 replies

Hello, I am doing my first new construction and at first I was very confident, but no, not so much.  A lot of my flips took longer than anticipated which resulted in me having to find money for the closing.I did! but ...

Wai Fung Infinite Banking Concept, Cash Flow Banking, or Bank on Yourself
29 July 2021 | 216 replies

Has anybody used a IBC, CFB, or BOY policy to purchase real estate and use the returns to pay back the policy at higher interest rates than the policy charges? If so, what are the pros and cons? What are your thoughts...

Account Closed Ashcroft capital - Paused Distributions
29 April 2024 | 248 replies

Anyone else getting notified this morning of paused Ashcroft distributions due to refinancing issues? 
We have been working on refinancing the asset in order to access the equity and create liquidity to earnestly res...

Victor Rios Need Help listing my 1st rental !!!! Houston, TX
17 October 2015 | 11 replies

Hello everyone!  So I just completed the repairs on my 1st SFH and is ready to rent out.  My next step is to list it. I want to avoid going to a real estate agency and prefer doing it myself.Where should I get the pa...

Young Kim Got any advice for a newbie?
28 July 2020 | 6 replies

Hi, I am 25 years old and I live in Lakewood, CA. I managed restaurants for my career, but I was always interested in economics. I started studying the stock markets and I was able to make a little profit from stock m...

Jonathan Flores Cash out refi or HELOC to use for an investment property?
5 September 2020 | 6 replies

What strategy do you prefer to use to tap into your homes equity to use towards a purchase on an investment property? And why?