Mindy Jensen
House Flips hit 10-yr high! What do you think about the market?
Was anyone flipping houses back in 2008? I got caught mid-flip and my projected returns were cut in half when I finally sold.Fast forward to today, and flips made up more than 6% of home sales last year, according to...
Marquis W.
Using bankruptcy strategically to aquire more real estate
I keep hearing about how the rich file bankruptcy not because they are in trouble but as a strategic way to build more wealth. For example Donald Trump, Rich Dad's Robert Kiyosaki, 50 cent, Henry Ford even Walt Disney...
Celia Moore
New Threats to Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges...
In our almost 30 years of time in the 1031 Exchange business, we have had at least a half dozen serious attacks on Section 1031’s existence. Although the 1031 Exchange has been in existence for almost 100 Years, it is...
Jacob Peistrup
Advice for a new real estate agent?
Hey BP,
I'm a new agent wanting to figure out everything I need to do to start off right and have a successful first year. So far, my brokerage has me working on gathering my database of every friend/family member/ac...
Jenna Goldstein
No Mortgage Without a Job?
So I heard you can't get a mortgage without a job. Isn't that illegal discrimination?
Spencer Gray
Judge: CDC Eviction Moratorium is Unconstitutional
The CDC's moratorium on evictions, instituted by the Trump administration after the CARES Act expired in July, has been ruled unconstitutional. The decision will most likely been appealed but there is a chance the rul...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, November 30, 2020)
Economic Update (Monday, November 30, 2021)
The shortened Thanksgiving week was a relatively quiet period for our econo...
Santos Ricardo Tellez
Coronavirus Impact on Housing Market?
Hello BIggerPockets,
I started this discussion to get some thoughts and opinions on how the Coronavirus might affect the housing market. Mainstream media has been reporting about it nonstop for the last few days, sta...
John Novu
double homicide and then shot him self......
I've found a house where 2 murders and then he shot himself in the house. question is, is this to much for potential buyers to deal with? it was a family member with serious mental issues. house is the worst in a grea...
Tim Porsche
Effect of Trump's Economic Policies on Interest Rates
Hi All,Just curious to get your opinion on what effect (if any) Trump's economic policies he has outlined would have on interest rates? Also what effect do you see them having on housing prices in general, as well as ...