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Hello everyone! My name is Zac Gilliam and I am employed in the medical field in Northeastern (specifically Huntsville area) Alabama.
After a suggestion from a family member, I thankfully stumbled upon BiggerPockets...
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Hey folks!I just switched careers 6 months ago and I am now a Realtor. I need to decide what to do with my previous 401k which has roughly $15k in the bank. I have done some research and it seems that the self direc...
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Hey Everyone,I had a partnership with two others during the acquisition of a couple properties, both of which are still currently being renovated. Leading up to the purchases, we had a verbal agreement of a 45%/45%/10...
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We here at BiggerPockets have heard for years, even before interest rates went up, that deal finding is a top challenge. This is despite the existence of listing platforms, off-market deal finding tools, and even ou...
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Hey BP Canada, I am starting to practice analyzing ROI and rental income properties in different areas using the realtor.ca for housing prices, Kijiji and Craigs list for average rental estimates. One of the numbers I...
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Hey Bigger pockets community.My name is Tim and I'm from Austin, TX.I'm a newbie looking to educate myself on the buy and hold strategy with rental properties. I have one property that use to be my primary residence a...
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Purchasing a property in another state, Michigan, and I'm being told they need my operating agreement for the purposes of creating the deed and for escrow "to ensure I have the authority to sign". In my home state I h...
Hello BP, I just wanted to see how many of you utilize retirement accounts like the Roth IRA or the 401K or is Real Estate is the only retirement avenue you guys use. Thank you. Ruslan
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I have been given the opportunity to invest in a new RE brokerage. The people that want to start it are top notch, motivated, ethical, honest, and go getters. I don't think I could find someone I would trust more or h...
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Advice would be appreciated. I am funding a partnership with an "Operating" partner. His LLC will be the "GP" general partner with my LLC as the limited partner. He is coming in with NO capital but as the operating/Pr...