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Jonathan Greene Why You Should Never Take a Break as a Real Estate Investor
3 February 2025 | 31 replies

Taking action isn't only investing in real estate. You should take a break from buying if the deals don't match your buy box, you are out of money, or for several other reasons (partner isn't on board, over-leveraged ...

Lane Cooper Your thoughts on house hacking?
9 August 2018 | 20 replies

Just wondering what everyone’s thoughts are on house hacking. I have a few friends that tried it out and it worked really well for them. If someone was to do this should they shoot for a duplex or Quadplex? Is it wort...

Marc Therriault Amortization length my two cents.
17 December 2012 | 23 replies

It seems to be everyone I talk to doesn't have the same mentality as me on this one. And I feel so right about it. If the bank told me I could have a 100 year term I would. I don't pay biweekly I don't do short 15 yea...

Chris Schwartz Tax Liens In Illinois
23 August 2013 | 13 replies

Hello BP Community,

I am a novice investor looking to get started in investing in tax liens. I currently live in Missouri, outside of St Louis, MO. I am looking to invest in Illinois Tax Liens since the retu...

Amit M. Deferred Sales Trust into a future 1031 exchange
13 January 2020 | 17 replies

Hi all. Someone with a dozen highly appreciated homes and condos that wants to sell them all off and roll it into a large NNN commercial property, has the challenge of timing, as its hard to sell 12 properties at one ...

Account Closed It's time!!!!!! We are investors!
30 June 2018 | 22 replies

We did it. My wife and I finally agreed, the time is now. I liquefied 25K in funds, and we are now, ACTIVELY in the market for our first investment. I'M SO EXCITED!Also, I can't breathe. LOL.We're looking for a BRRRR ...

Whitney Rekowski Rehab yourself or contract it out- How to analyze?
6 January 2016 | 14 replies

What is the best way to analyze if it is worth doing renovations yourself or if you should hire a contractor?If you choose to hire contractors, what’s the best way you’ve found and determined they are quality and reli...

Zane Abner Self-Directed IRA
14 March 2016 | 27 replies

Good morning,I had a real estate investor friend, that is also new to real estate investing, mention that a self-directed 401k or IRA can be helpful for tax purposes. I am looking for assistance in finding correct/hel...

Zachary Corum Uber Driver Applicants
26 August 2017 | 20 replies

Does the rise of self employed workers driven by (no pun intended) companies like Uber, Lyft and other app driven service jobs pose more risk than a standard 1099 applicant? Sure some can make 55k a year but some mont...

Raymond Ebbeler Gold Used as Collateral to Finance Real Estate Investments
20 May 2016 | 17 replies

Hello everyone I perused the BP community in the forums section to determine if gold as hard assets (with the ability for liquidation) would have application as collateral for doing a real estate deal. I am a collecto...