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Kevin Gerace Anywhere else the 1% Rule doesn't work out?
18 December 2015 | 51 replies

So there must be other places like my town. The average (decent shape) 2 family home is selling from 250k-325k. And the average rent is $1100-$1300. These numbers don't work out for the 1% rule. Everything I've ever r...

Jason Mathews Having Diarrhea - What's that got to do with REI??
21 November 2010 | 30 replies

Does having diarrhea make one an Expert on Toilets?

Just because one investor, in one part of the country, during a specific time period, uses a specific technique (s) to make money in real estate, does not make him...

Joshua Dorkin BiggerPockets Loses the Battle to School You in Real Estate - May 25 Teleseminar Canceled
26 June 2010 | 67 replies

Henry Ford once said, "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely."

I believe that is the case here.

As most of you know, BiggerPockets has for the past weeks, been planning a real es...

Kingsley Okwerekwu Estimating repair costs off MLS pictures...okay to do? Or stupid?
12 November 2020 | 77 replies

How can I estimate rental costs on a MLS listing from my computer? I am looking to begin my first flip in the next 2/3 months...is it okay to see fixer upper appear in my market and just make an offer of what I “think...

Kimberly H. Out of state, sight unseen, wants to pay a years worth of rent in advance...
7 August 2014 | 78 replies

Just listed my house for rent Saturday.  Got a 3rd call today from an out of state tenant who now says she wants to rent my house, sight unseen, and offered to pay a years worth of rent upfront with a $100/mo (6%) dis...

John Payne When is it too late to tie up a Pre Foreclosure deal?
12 July 2017 | 48 replies

Learning more and more about Pre Foreclosures and Notice of Defaults, but one nuanced question. Whether paying cash or taking the property subject-to, the overdue lien that is causing the foreclosure in the first plac...

Desmond Price REI vs Stock Market
30 September 2017 | 54 replies

Hey guys, obviously I'm new to REI and trying to understand REI vs investing in the stock market. I have been focusing on SFR to buy and hold and I don't see the returns I do in my stock market portfolio (up 24% YTD)....

Jordan B. Let's talk Debt
15 February 2016 | 64 replies

Hello everyone, I am curious if anyone has built a successful portfolio debt free. I am not arguing leverage vs debt, leverage wins everytime hands down, no argument here, I own a calculator, pencil and paper.  My con...

Curtis H. Can bank block bringing loan current for Sub2 deal?
25 August 2014 | 62 replies

Hi guys, I have a post one page back with all the boring details on this Sub2 opportunity. Seller is willing to deal, and I think I have a 85% shot at getting it. Here are my questions...1) Can the bank NOT let me bri...

Account Closed Seller Fiancing as a retirement strategy
8 June 2010 | 53 replies

Quite often I hear people talk of seller financing as more of a last ditch resort when disposing of property that one might not be able to sell any other way. I'm sure that many of you have come across these kind of ...