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Bill Plymouth What's with the animosity towards whole-salers?
10 September 2019 | 147 replies

Perhaps I'm generalizing, but I see some heavy hostility towards the idea of whole-saling in the forums.  Why do a lot of members seem to be so against wholesale?  I've seen "unethical" and "shady" thrown around a lot...

Jerry Poon Financial Independence Lifestyle: Before and After
25 January 2017 | 97 replies

For those of you who have jumped into real estate investments to reach the goal of financial independence, what is the lifestyle you have visualized for yourself after you have done so?For those of you who have reache...

James Thomas My first property (CA) closed, Seller says she's not leaving
29 May 2021 | 103 replies

Hello, I met someone yesterday who recommended I post on these forums to get some valuable feedback from this community - many thanks in advance. Going to condense the story as much as possible so it's not horribly TL...

Richard E. Thoughts on Vacation Markets w/ rising rates/economic slowdown?
27 September 2022 | 85 replies

Hi all,I am a little curious what veteran STR people think about the current market- specifically, VACATION ONLY MARKETS. By vacation only markets, I mean places where basically nobody is moving for a primary residenc...

Jordan Sutherland My wife wants a new car
15 April 2017 | 100 replies

Hey guys, I would love to hear some opinions on my personal finances. I'm a 23 year old fireman in Texas. I make a decent salary and my wife is able to stay home with our two kids. We are able to live confortably beca...

Bryan Hancock Strategic Default or Efficient Breach?
17 February 2012 | 82 replies

I read the following article tonight:

Strategic Default or Efficient Breach?

that speaks about the supposed "moral obligation" to continue making payments on an underwater mortgage. The article generally jives wi...

Mark Robertson Its happened: The first Crowdfunding investment that's NOT working out
19 September 2017 | 298 replies

ifunding seems to be the first crowdfunding portal to have an investment (actually 5 investments) not go according to plan.  They have 5 fix and flip deals in Milwaukee with the Orange group that were suppose to yield...

Jay Hinrichs Stock Market what do you think
30 March 2020 | 134 replies

well this morning i bought my first set of stocks since 1997 or so  then got wiped out in the dot com bubble LOLI am up 142.00 dollars for the day..  when i look at all these companies trading at 52 weeks lows and 1.3...

George Gammon Adjustable Rate/Ballon Payment Crisis Ahead?
5 March 2016 | 32 replies

Below is a chart of the interest rate on the 10 year going back to 1880.  As we all know the 10 year is a reasonable benchmark for mortgage rates.  In other words, or what matters to investors, the 10 year determines ...

Andrey Y. 401k scam or not? Taking the plunge..
8 October 2017 | 99 replies

I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...