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Hey everyone - I am in the Boston area and have done a ton of planning and research to prepare to house hack in the next year. Recently, I switched jobs to scale my career and do something I'm passionate about - it is...
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I have been lurking around here on BP for a few years, soaking up all the info I can... but at some point I just gotta jump in and just do it. Having recently turned 40, I have had a fire lit under me to get something...
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Greetings, BP!Through constant Google searches on various topics, I stumbled onto Bigger Pockets and have been hooked since. You can't learn to swim if you aren't in the water, so here we go.I became a landlord "by a...
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I'm looking to buy my first couple of residential properties. I have zero issue getting financing on them. I have zero debt and strong cash flow. My question is about banks calling notes. If I were to lose a si...
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I have a tricky one for any of the tax gurus that would like to take a stab at it. Here's a situation. S-Corp stock is held in a QSST (Qualified Subchapter S Trust) and the S-Corp stock will generate a loss for the ...
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My wife and I own a four plex and are in a deal now to have another one built for us. When that building is completed this spring, we will move into it. I then plan on cashing out my 401k and using my Retirement to p...
Hey everyone, my husband and I are looking to buy a multifamily home in the Portland, Oregon metro area (around). We have enough for a down payment and we both have good credit scores, but we don't have work history d...
My wife and I are looking at options for what to do with some money we have saved up. So me and my wife have ~$60000 in student loans. We take home $40-45000 a year. We have saved up $~24000. Do we use that money to p...
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Howdy, we're fairly new members to the BiggerPockets community. I am mostly posting as a husband and wife team. We've been interested in getting started with real estate for some years now. Our lifestyle is different ...
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Am finding the better cash flow is in the tougher neighborhoods and would appreciate thoughts on the matter.Stay away from the tougher areas?Am looking in the Newark,NJ Jersey City,Elizabeth areas.