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As a new Realtor, I had a nice and challenging first offer fall through. I feel I learned a lot, and know some things to look out for, but I'm curious if you pros would have pursued as far as I did or would have clue...
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Hello fellow REI just asking opinions of members regarding the pluses and minuses for a first rental property. I have been able to save around 25k cash in the bank with no debt to my name and minimal life expenses (li...
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Where do I begin? This forum is massive and a bit confusing. I have no idea where to begin in RE investing, can somebody point me in a direction where I can start reading?
I have owned multiple businesses so that are...
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I'm trying to work some numbers on a potential purchase. Now I realize this will be very specific to the location/property/price/marketing/etc but what would be an occupancy number you'd put on an Airbnb type rental? ...
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I did W2 for 30 years as in corporate IT. Dabbled in real estate but never went for it big time - bought and sold a few primary residences and a couple of condos over the years. Now I'm 56 and hoping to never work for...
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What is stopping you from investing in real estate? Is it time? Money? Lack of experience? Or maybe even limited deals?My husband and I have been there. Done that. Failed. And then…. kept going to our recent close on ...
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Hello Bigger Pockets family, long-time podcast listener and forum reader, first-timer poster!Quick back story: I bought my first rental property (1/1 condo) here in my hometown of San Diego 1 year ago. Ever since I le...
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I was just reading through the recent post asking for the TOP quality they look for in a real estate agent. The comments that followed were extremely depressing. They looked more like a list of soft skills most would ...
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I've been reading for a few days about Notes and they are pretty awesome. I've been searching for some ideas on the area of reinvesting, cashflow and principal. Can someone please post the link to the right threads to...
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Warning - this may be a long post - I will try to section it off. I have an on/off relationship with RE as I've always been drawn to it and always screwed it up - and then listened to those in my life who told me tha...