Joe Grebe
Basic Budget Question
This is the most basic budget question. My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year. This gives a really good place to start for a budg...
Matthew Drouin
Using your self directed IRA to buy real estate is stupid!
*** Disclaimer: I am not an accountant, lawyer, or financial advisor! You should consult with a qualified professional before acting on any of the opinions shared in this post!!! ***Self directed IRAs have become ver...
Nick Colvill
Buying multiple properties in year 1 - can I keep this up?
Jumping in to real estate was a well-calculated move. I live in San Jose, and this market is notorious for making people lose faith in their ability to purchase. I bought my primary residence in May of 2017 - a brand ...
Ross Bowman
Peak of the market: gurus everywhere
Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
Todd Whiddon
Diary of a POP TOP Second Story Addition Project
Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...
Account Closed
Snowball Payoff 10 SFRs in 7.5 years for $110k cash flow - advice
I'm considering a purchase of 10 SFRs in Wichita. I have a few homes there already, and a fantastic property manager that I respect and trust.I've run some preliminary numbers, and it looks like I might be able to cas...
Moritz Bode
Highest Value Increasing Repairs
Hello BP community,I'd love to hear from experienced investors on which repairs have historically increased their home's value the most. Obviously, there are many factors involved in this and it is difficult to distin...
Joe Splitrock
House Hack Bubble and Return of the Sub Prime
Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...
Kyle Grimm
WHO ARE YOU? What do you do besides real estate?
Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors. As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...
Timothy W.
Do you keep a supply of food on hand?
This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...