Billie Miller
Moving out of 2 year house hack
The first part of this house hacking success story could have been written a couple years ago, but it wasn't, so here is the final part!We bought a duplex with owner-occupied financing in March of 2015. We had to evic...
Nicholas Varner
Decisiveness and Diversification
"After studying over 500 millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Schwab, journalist and author Napoleon Hill found that they shared a single quality: Decisiveness," writes Kathleen Elkins o...
Benjamin Furney
Does FHA come check on you?
I have any opportunity to go to school in Ohio and add another property to my Ohio portfolio using a FHA Loan. The city I want to use an FHA loan is in columbus and my college is Sanduskyabout 2.5 hours away. So this ...
Brent Byers
Help - Low Income vs. Sell, Buy Better and Pay Down Debt
Hi - i have a big Choice, my single family property in Hamilton Ontario was purchased in 2001 for $194K and has appreciated in Value to around $400K(~12%/yr). The property gives a small NOI (after Mort and all costs) ...
Monica Bear
Taking The First Step
As they say, "Ideas are cheap, execution is everything" and I'm having a disconnect going from knowing to actually doing. What holds me back personally is the fear of failure or making costly mistakes despite fully un...
Shiloh Lundahl
RE Investing Part-Time VS Full-Time: Which is Better?
People who have their job or career that can support their families, and who invest on the side in real estate, seem more resistant to market corrections. Yet it seems like the “thing to do” is to leave the job marke...
Thien Tran
Newbie from Bay Area California
Hi Everyone!I'm new to the BiggerPockets community and very excited to join. I'm currently working for a startup in SF and have been really interested in venturing into real estate investing. I'm looking to learn more...
Jeff Bridges
Selling Rental: 1031 or eat taxes?
I'm selling a rental property at a profit and intend to buy another rental property to improve cashflow and get into a more desirable and easier to manage rental. I've been running the numbers and trying to figure out...
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How do I get started? NEWBIE
Hi yall,
Im 22, and have been interested in investing in real estate since I was about 18. Im just lost on where to start and scared to death of making wrong choices...like should I buy the carlton sheets program?
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Pat Jackson
What if I don't want cash flow?
I just listened to the August 1, 2018 podcast "7 paths to financial independence". Really great episode. They talked about the following method for those who don't want to be super active in real estate:Buy one hous...