After reading the "Cashflow Doesn't Build Wealth" by Shane Pearlman I can see that there are a lot of really passionate opinions on both sides of the fence. There were some really good arguments presented by both sid...
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I've been noodling on this for a few weeks, and the more I think about it, the more I'm starting to convince myself that large multifamily is one of, if not the most, riskiest asset classes in America right now. Here'...
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Hi, my name is Paul. I live in the Huntsville, AL area. My wife and I got into real estate investing last year as a means to gain some financial freedom, diversification, and to subsidize our farming hobby.
We're buy...
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How do you think COVID-19 will change the average rents in an area? Will it be pushed down or up? By what percent? How would different property classes see the rent change? (Class A vs Class C). What would be the imme...
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I would like to address a concern I have about the herd-mentality of everyone and their uncle becoming "investors" and how this is likely to have very serious long term implications on housing that few have thought mu...
When most people think of real estate investing the first thing that comes to mind is HGTV and flipping houses. The truth is that this is only one small niche within the real estate investing industry. There are numer...
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I'm conflicted BP. There's a legal triplex I'm looking at that would cash flow with my financing, market rents and expenses, BUT it's priced at or above market with at least $25K in renovations conservatively. I just ...
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It looks like were in the beginning stages of the rest of the world pulling away from using the US dollar. What effects do you think it will have on real estate currently owned and realestate you purchase in the fu...
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Interested in getting opinions:So it seems a lot of commentators are saying the multifamily market maybe starting to top out. Even in growth states like Florida, Texas and Las Vegas is it worth entering now as most de...
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Hello BP Community - Precise market timing is impossible or at the very least extremely-difficult to attain (otherwise we would all be multi-millionaires/billionaires). However, there are a few indicators in my market...