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The S&P crushed it last year... So I think of it this way: Buy apartments, and use that passive income to grow your portfolio. Real Estate doesn't require you to trade your time for returns, like trading your time...
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Hi BP Members,Thought I'd get everyone's thoughts on the current market. Are we heading into a real estate crash/correction? I've recently noticed that the amount of inventory is starting to pile up in my area and som...
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Just curious if you were a buy and hold investor, and you had a million in cash right now, would you wait until covid ( time frame guessing 8 months to a year from now ) is over or start pulling the trigger and try to...
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Work hard and hand the excess over to your broker seems to be the common trend with most passive investors. The truth is most investors are in fact "passive". Meaning most people out there are too busy earning a livi...
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Predicting what the real estate industry will look like beyond 10 years is hard, but I can safely say this: Within the next decade, real estate agents will no longer be showing homes – with exclusion of the luxury mar...
We paid cash for the home we currently live in. Wondering if it makes sense to get a mortgage on it and pull cash out to buy another home to live in or buy an investment property so we can take advantage of the low i...
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What makes commercial real estate a better investment than the stock market
Investing in the stock market can be a great way to build wealth over time, but it also comes with risk. Losing money in the stock market ...
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When it comes to House Hacking and real estate investing, many people find themselves entangled in a web of misconceptions and contradictory advice. The alluring prospect of timing the market and concerns about high-i...
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Hi all,A little background - (skip to the tldr at the bottom if you get bored) I'm mainly a buy and hold index fund investor. While I'm certainly no finance major, everything I've read about investing has led me to ke...
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I want to buy my first rental property but I'm wondering if I should wait until the crash that is supposedly coming. I'm worried that if I buy now, my property will end up being worth half of what I paid after a few y...