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Jason Schmidt can someone please explain this 50% rule to me?
9 July 2008 | 163 replies

I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...

Tom Jimenez 401k withdraw?
26 February 2016 | 84 replies

Hello bp subscribers. My wife and I are brand new to the real estate investing world, and are looking @ all of our options for financing out first property, and one of them is possibly taking from my employee based 40...

Ashley Roush Applicant has no social or driver's license number
6 November 2022 | 30 replies

We have an applicant trying to complete an application for one of our rentals, but they do not have a social security number or a driver's license number- which are required fields for our background and credit check....

Casey Roman My Cash...is Worthless.
5 May 2020 | 162 replies

I have been trying for years to reinvest $100,000 into some form of real estate and have gotten absolutely nowhere. Because I own my own business and deduct HEAVILY off it, I qualify for zero mortgages, even with perf...

Jamal L. Well-executed wholesale deals feel like well planned checkmate.
5 August 2015 | 89 replies

I just wanted to share in my excitement on another wholesale deal closed with my bigger pockets family. I recently closed on a wholesale transaction all by my lonesome. The reason I'm extremely excited about this dea...

Jack B. Stocks beat real estate over time?
29 May 2017 | 78 replies

I've been running the numbers and although real estate has been very attractive to me with leverage (I own 3 properties), running the numbers even with leverage real estate is not as attractive in the long run, becaus...

Jake Minyen Section 8 Rentals
7 December 2023 | 70 replies

I am considering acquiring properties to be rented under the section 8 program. My thought is, buying between 50-90k livable (or less than 10k rehab) and being able to rent for 2% or at least close to it trumps the ca...

Karen Margrave People are fleeing California, are you?
26 January 2019 | 311 replies

I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it.  A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...

Rodney Lorenzo The bad neighborhood I invested in may kill my investment
2 January 2024 | 90 replies

The urge to get into real estate pushed me to invest in a 6 unit building in a neighborhood that I didn't think was that bad. I thought, the cash flow could be good so why not. This was a year ago. Now, my PM is strug...

Chris Gawlik The US Economy Will Recover Quickly ??? Think Again !!!
26 May 2021 | 114 replies

I keep hearing many investors speak of the housing market and stock market as if we are in a normal situation. Everything is great and the stimulus has solved all of the problems that a global pandemic has created. Ta...