Hi All! I had to share. Against all conventional advice and wisdom, I've just quit my job. My fiance's job brings enough for us to cover are needed expenses and I have about a year's worth of savings built up on top o...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $225,000

9509 Briarcreek Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73162

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

A closer look at the 40 housing markets at risk of a 15% to 20% home price decline
Every quarter, Moody’s Analytics assesses whether local fundamentals, including local income levels, can support local home prices. A...

I have read through a lot of forum post about the topic of wholesaling (the latest by @Brittany Witt) and it seems like the argument of wholesaling being legal/illegal could be squashed once and for all by getting you...

To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...

I would like some opinions about an upcoming possibility. I apologize for the wall of text but I want to provide accurate detail for best advice. I’m one of the millions struggling hard against a massive student debt ...

What are your thoughts on Zillow pausing their house buying and flipping business over growing inventory? The stuck has tumbled over the last few months. I think they will clear the inventory and figure out how to mak...

For the past 8 months, tax professionals have been studying Section 199A (the 20% pass-through business deduction) and trying to position their clients to best be able to maximize their deduction.  However, we have be...