Amanda H.
“Bad” neighborhoods - buy rentals or not?
I’m looking at a great deal in a not great neighborhood. Not great as in lower income, higher crime, and from what I can tell driving through, mostly African American neighborhood. Should I avoid this area all togethe...
Jalen Chanthaboury
Dropped Out of College
Greetings BP,So I’m 19 years old, from the Chicagoland area and I’ve decided to drop out of community college couple of weeks ago. I realized that a traditional education wasn’t for me and it would hold me back from a...
James Wise
TENANTS FROM HELL #1 Deplorable living conditions. PICS INCLUDED!
TENANTS FROM HELL #1Deplorable living conditions.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen ...
Chris Hill
Faster payoff, yearly lump sum or monthly?
I have a goal to pay off a large loan in 10 years. Let’s say I have 10K available to put towards extra principal every month. Would I end up paying the loan off faster if I did one lump sum payment of 120K per year, o...
Josh H.
What should I do? (Flipper thinking about quitting job)
I am REALLY confused about what to do. My wife and I have grown our flipping business over the past couple of years to doing 10 flips currently.I was just getting ready to quit my job that pays $150,000/year to focus ...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What are/ were your first steps to scaling your business?
Welcome to our new question of the week! As the newest market and economic data has rolled out the past few weeks, many investors are looking at decisions of how to move forward. Will there be deals in any market clim...
Thomas Seay
San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Correction
So how much longer can this boom continue around here? I live in Palo Alto, where I have my main residence. I own rental properties in San Mateo, Foster City and East Palo Alto. The one in East Palo Alto I only pur...
Jason Chmel
Need 12% Cash Flow to walk away from our jobs. Possible?
My wife and I are contemplating an early retirement. Very early. We have saved well and have some money, but not enough to live on the 4% the mainstream retirement people say we need.My question is this: Hypothetic...
James Nicholson
Is the Disney Downturn Permanent?
I've been thinking about investing in a high-end STR in the Kissimmee/Davenport market (Reunion, Encore), but have seen that attendance at Disney World is way down. Most Airbnb calendars in that area are completely op...
Matt Leonard
Trumps New Tax Plan, Does it hurt RE Investors?
While its only a couple hours old, everyone probably hasn't had a chance to fully digest it, and isn't finalized... does this new tax plan help real estate investors? A couple key areas that have me concerned;Let me ...