Jordan Meyer
Rental owners: do you care about property management fees?
There are some new discount property management companies that charge 5-6% (instead of the more typical 9% in Utah or California) and have data showing that they keep vacancy and rents the same as the 9% alternatives....
Audrey Ezeh
Local investors feeling the crunch?
I'm surprised San Francisco is doing much better than these areas...http://www.realtor.com/news/trends/top-10-housing-...
Bryan Hancock
What is the Highest Your FICO Score Has Been?
Does anyone track their FICO score? I know we have some competitive folks on the forum so I was wondering how high your score has been historically.
Any takers?
Yesenia Charles
Should I liquidate my Seattle properties while I can? Existential crisis
So I posted this in reddit but got slim to none responses and figured I should post it where the experts live. Also first time poster! Bear with this long existential post, and here it goes.
I'm a 30 odd year old h...
Scott Trench
Stocks, Bonds, Crypto, and Inflation Combine to Crush Investors
We talk about Financial Freedom here on BiggerPockets all the time, and most members of this platform invest in BOTH real estate and stocks. I think that we haven't really spent enough time emphasizing just how bad th...
Michael Plaks
Are syndications "extremely tax efficient"?
This post was prompted by this quote from the website of an established syndicator, emphasis mine:
"What kind of tax impact is there? Apartment syndications are very tax efficient. As a partner in our limited partn...
Josh Miller
STAY AWAY FROM NREIG (National Real Estate Insurance Group)
I'm too young to have a heart attack but that's what I just went through dealing with NREIG. Long story short I'm getting a portfolio loan through LimaOneCapital and they have some pretty specific request when it com...
Svetlana Kleinhenz
Cut off life and medical insurance to save money for investing?
We are trying to find the way to reduce our family expenses and start saving for real estate investing. The biggest expense for us is insurance. What do you think, would it be smart to stop spending about $300 per mon...
Sapir Simply
New Agent - Should I Americanize My Name?
Hi everyone!So my question is pretty straightforward. I am a new Real Estate agent and I wonder if I should Americanize my name to gain that initial connection with clients? A lot of people have difficulties pronounci...
John Baker
What am I missing? 9 monthes, 1 deal...
I've been interested in real estate for over a year. In that time I have read God knows how many books. I have "partnered" with a friend who has hard money connections. I've been going through the pre-foreclosures f...