George Gammon
Dave Ramsey Is Misleading The Public
I wanted to address this to educate people who have been mislead by the financial services industry...not just Dave Ramsey Step 7 - Build wealth and give. This is where he want's you to "invest in mutual funds," and...
John Hickey
Snake oils, gurus, “investment advisers”, experts. BP can do more
I saw a post that the other day where a BP member called out another member and accused him of being...full of shot....good stuff. Because it’s good when you know someone is watching. Is it possible @biggerpocketsmo...
K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
Marcus Johnson
Dave Ramsey is a Genius now
I've been a hardcore follower of Dave Ramsey and have done his Debt Snowball in the past and it was very rewarding. The problem was that I started to veer in the past 4 years and take on more debt such as buying a La...
Peter Tverdov
Anyone else feel like the forums are losing value?
I find myself browsing these forums less and less as times passes. Biggerpockets is such a machine now and while there is lots of useful advice, it's primarily aimed at newbies (who can't use the search function mind ...
Joe Kim
$200,000+ rents in 1 year - 10X cash flow
This is continuation of my first post 7 months ago about my love for STR (short term furnished rental) when I started with just 2 Airbnb listingshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/552...Now, I'm at 6 total...
Rob Barry
Where did I go wrong? Section 8 Horror Story.
So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold philosophies: Cash flow vs Appreciation
On some other threads, there seems to be an underlying debate or difference in philosophy around buy-and-hold investment strategy: In one camp, the goal is to invest in high appreciation areas, even though they are h...
Jamie K.
Sell my new rental for a 30k profit or keep renting??
Hello BP community! I'm almost a year into my REI journey and I currently have two sf houses. I originally paid 131k for my first property in Joliet,IL which casflows $300 per month after all expenses paid. The dilemm...
Brittany King
Should I finance a Vehicle?
Hello BP family! Hello how are you all doing? I hope all is going well with everyone. I'm writing to get advice about investing. I need to purchase a car (Nothing new a nice used one). I have 10k saved up. My questio...