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A recent post about Mastermind groups inspired me to start this thread. For many folks living in high priced areas where small investors are completely priced out of REI, our choices are:
1) stay out of REI completely...
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Before I test the waters with my 30K, I want to be sure I drop it in the right bucket. I was all hot to invest in mutual funds after listening to Dave Ramsey's podcast on YouTube. Today I read a long dissertation on h...
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I currently own raw land that is worth roughly $170k that I bought for $120k two years ago. Can I sell this land and buy two rentals using a 1031 exchange or must it be a one for one swap?
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I am in the process of cash-out refinance of a property and the lending company is requiring 100% replacement cost. Is that normal for an income property? I had an insurance agent recommend 100% of the value and maybe...
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Hello everyone,Have built line of credit on my primary house. Though I haven’t open any Heloc account yet but I will. I am planning to buy a rental property upto 200k.have two options1- Borrow 75% amount through Helo...
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I have been using Stessa to track my income and expenses for the last two years and I have really liked the software. The software has everything I need from tracking income and expenses to running cash-flow reports ...
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Hello BiggerPockets community!I am a 21 year old college student, working as a personal trainer and brand new to real estate investing. I currently live in Cheney, Washington and would like to start learning about the...
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Hello I currently own a property that is zoned r-6. It is undeveloped besides waste water run off and retention ponds. I was going to try to convert it to commercial for a quick flip but it’s currently the land in cit...
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Hi BP Community, I have a rental that was built in the early 1990s (Maple Valley, WA 98038). I purchased this from a wholesaler over a year ago, replaced the roof and fixed up interior prior to renting. I am now plann...
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I work full time right now...and just wrapping up my first flip. The rehab will take approx 7 weeks...I did some of the work like painting, demo, landscaping, etc...and then had others do the more skilled work...like ...