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Eric Keller FINALLY I am a investor! Purchased first flip
18 November 2014 | 31 replies

Hello BP,

My name is Eric and I am from St. Louis, MO. I have been lurking on BP for about 3 months now and wanted to share my story.

Graduated college a year ago and found myself working crappy j...

William Coet Real Estate or Stocks. Same ROI, Which is Better For Taxes?
12 April 2021 | 24 replies

If a RE investment and Stock investment return the same amount of ROI over a 15 year period and then sold which is the better investment?  Assuming a 1031 is not used (they may not exist in 15 years), do certain struc...

Gloria Sheridan Reviewing Performance of My First RE Deal (Turnkey Rental)
31 August 2018 | 28 replies

I pretty regularly circle back and review my figures for prior deals to see if there are any tweaks I can make to improve the accuracy of my forecasted investment performance.I went back to the figures I’d prepared to...

Melanie Stephens Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned: Short-Term Rentals
8 December 2021 | 123 replies

Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

Jen L. What's your avg move-out reno cost? Still cash flowing?
1 May 2017 | 74 replies

Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix!  What's your average move-out reno cost?  And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out?  This is my first move-out and I"m fi...

Mihir Bhimaraju House hacking through Airbnb
28 September 2017 | 75 replies

Hello BPers!I was initially hesitant to post this as I was contemplating whether this is a success story yet, but I'll let the BP world to decide. I'm sure everyone has a story on how they came across BP and here's mi...

Brandon Turner You know you're a real estate investor when...
10 June 2015 | 81 replies

So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.

But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wi...

Josh Deeden Best markets to live and invest?
28 February 2021 | 74 replies

My wife and I have finally made the decision to leave Southern California and seek greener pastures.  We are in our early 40s and don't have a retirement plan or much saved, and we've come to the realization that the ...