To preface: I am making this post for many reasons, one of them being that I want to have a landmark post to look back on in the future. The other reasons are to get out my plan and largely to receive support and crit...

I've been listening to @Scott Trench's new book, Set for Life, recently.  Scott discusses the concept of dollar-cost averaging a bit as it relates to investing in index funds.  This makes a lot of sense to me and I've...

For those licensed agents out there....when you buy a property for yourself, either personal residence or investment property, you typically receive the buyers agent commission.Is this considered taxable income? Or is...

Hello BP People! I know that this topic has been beat to death already and that the general consensus is to house hack before buying, however, my situation is a little unique and I would appreciate some input from the...

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I am trying to do my first BRRR single family home deal. Feedback please? What scre...

Hello BP peoples! First, I am a relatively new multi family investor. I have a duplex that’s on the market to rent and I keep getting asked if I accept Section 8 vouchers. This makes me realize that I don’t know enoug...

Michael Rogers of Chandler Properties provided the following Excel Worksheet for BiggerPockets to share with all of our members.

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NEVER CONVERT CASH in YOUR IRA or 401K into ROTH!!!
Here is why. If you do so - 100% of the cash converted is taxable. There is a much better alternative!
The alternative is to set up a self-directed IRA, or better,...

I've been doing everything I can over the last two years of my life to prepare me to buy my first property this year in 2018. From the day I turned 18 I began creating credit for myself to make this happen. My short t...

Hello all, I'm new to real estate to the bigger pockets forum, but have listened to many of the podcasts. I've been doing reading/research on real estate for about a month now and I'm interested in getting some an...