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Hi Everyone!First off I want to thank everyone on BP for being incredibly supportive! I've mostly been browsing the forums and binge watching the podcasts, but the few people that I've already reached out to have bee...
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I understand you can’t do any work on a property your IRA owns. What if you have a portion of that property owned by a LLC? Can you argue you are doing work for the LLC portion?
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How long do you guys think this downfall will start going back up? I plan to make my first investment in a year or two, just because I dont have money and im still in school.
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Unemployment claims are inching down, the economy’s Q2 numbers were revised up a bit, and the sentiment in the articles I see all point to a recovery. Is this election propaganda or are we actually seeing what will...
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I'm about to buy a property that is a short sale. My question is that I'm still debating whether or not to buy and hold or to flip the home. I already have the math figured out on both ideas, but my question is...
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This is my first post on Bigger Pockets - and thanks to all you other members because I have learned a ton reading through other posts!
I am just finishing up a rehab on my first investment property, and am getting r...
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I have an opportunity to invest in a real estate related opportunity, but instead of being backed by any hard assets, such as the property, the borrower has agreed to personally guarantee the loan. I know this individ...
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Hi all!So I've been talking with my wife about the benefits to real estate investing vs. other forms of investing (stocks, bonds, annuities, etc.). She leans very much towards those forms of investing because it is wh...
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What are we thinking about the talk of the foreseeable "Market crash"? I suppose this is all opinion-based and speculations, but it doesn't hurt to hear others' suggestions and strategy. I work with a lot of people wh...
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Hi All, Has anybody made any purchases in Belize? I'm looking at a hotel development where I would buy a unit and the hotel would manage it. Does anybody have any experience with that kind of thing? Any experience wit...