Michael Lopez
Is It Time Time To Use My Savings To Buy Real Estate?
I am embarrassed to confess this, but I guess transparency would be the key to my future success toward anything that may resemble a retirement plan. I will be 49 years old this year and I would suppose that it would ...
Mitch Jones
Opinions on long term outlook for Landlords
Hello all! Long time browser, first time poster here. My business partner and I have been slowly accumulating rental properties in Central Ohio for the past 5 years, we currently own 20 units total, mostly single fam...
Kyle Shankin
"Learned" something odd about 1031 exchanges
I'm hoping someone who's done a 1031 exchange before, or a CPA, can swoop in and drop some knowledge on me. I was over at my CPA's getting my taxes done and talking strategy for this year when the idea of a 1031 excha...
FRANK DARIENZO
My Market is Horrible! So I am thinking of........
Moving!! Well- not really packing up a truck with my stuff, just thinking of wholesaling in other areas in my state. I have a buyers list that is non-responsive-wait before you think "are your deals-really deals" 3...
Gustavo Munoz Castro
Looking to invest in San Diego, any tips?
Greetings BP folks! My wife and I will be moving to San Diego next month, we're expecting our first baby and want to be closer to our families for a bit during the first year (I'm originally from across the border in ...
Vanessa S.
Broken Window Problem
Hello fellow members- I have a problematic tenant who pays on time but has created other issues with noise and guests and now, a broken window! In my 20 years of being a landlord for a few properties, I have never enc...
Dan Fulghum
Has anyone in BP EVER borrowed this Private Money Lender Jesse??
Jesse Gerads who is a PRO Member here on BiggerPockets is offering to loan Private Money at terms that appear too good to be true. Has anyone here in BP EVER borrowed from him? I'm now communicating with him via e...
Bryan Hancock
Why Do Agents Like Comparing Themselves To Doctors?
I have a different thread about whether or not Realtors are worth their commission anymore and TWICE during the discourse agents compared themselves to doctors. I have also seen this posted on various other threads o...
Ryan D.
The "Recession" is Supposedly Here. Why Aren't You Buying?
Hi BP,This is a long overdue intro post. I'm Ryan and I'm a victim of recency bias. See the thing is we all either got slaughtered personally or had friends/family get slaughtered in 2009 when that once in every ~70-y...
Matthew L.
Lessons from My First Purchase
I just wrapped up a busy (and cold!) week in Owings Mills (outside of Baltimore), where I was rehabbing my first rental property. Being my first real estate purchase ever, it was exciting and intimidating to go throug...