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I just finished reading BP's "The Book on Managing Rental Properties" and there was an interesting suggestion to create a policy binder, complete with mission statement and values, to help you focus on what's importan...
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Hi everyone!My name is Kevin Galang and I've been lurking BiggerPockets forums on and off for the past year. After deciding not to go $100k in debt for grad school, I ended up teaching myself how to code and became a ...
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LL Flooring, formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, is closing all 430 of its retail stores after failing to secure a buyer during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. The flooring retailer is the latest in a growing lis...
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My name is Sha'Kera Daniels, and I am a proud veteran committed to building a secure and prosperous future. Next year, I plan to become a rental property real estate investor in Texas, alongside my husband. Our goal i...
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Hi BiggerPockets community members,
Happy New Year! Do you currently work with an expert CPA who is helping you maximize tax breaks with your real estate investments? If so, would you mind sharing their contact infor...
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I once heard a defintion of "Financial Freedom" that changed my life. The definition went like this;
"FINANCIAL FREEDOM happens when your wants and your needs are exceeded by your passive income."
Once I heard that...
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I am in the middle of a purchase for a two family property, definite add value with the addition of one bedroom to both units. My plan is to do the work, make the sqft improvements and cash out refinance 6 months dow...
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Well, technically my second house purchase, but the first was well over a decade ago... different time and place and career path.
This one is planned to be the first of my investment portfolio. I probably overpaid f...
Hello, Im located in metro detroit area, I currently have about 30k saved up for a down payment. I was originally looking to buy a condo thats around 200k for my parents and i. My question is with that kind of mortgag...
So I own my house and want to pull out as much equity as possible to buy multiple homes. My question is will I be able to do this while working A salary job at Amazon and having poor credit right around 600? I should ...