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Account Closed How Investing in the Stock Market Saps Your Wealth
13 January 2021 | 243 replies

Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...

Dean Letfus Do people ever learn? (Memphis market observation).
24 September 2018 | 147 replies

So brief background. I started investing in the USA around 08.  Ended up in Memphis and with the help of a great mentor really got going in that city.   It quickly became obvious that many parts of Memphis were terrib...

Matt R. Bitcoin is 10k again what are you going to do now?
5 December 2024 | 554 replies

Just curious what other investors think. Is this just another hype deal or is this a new reality for possible rent collection?
Side note, I tried to sell a house for bitcoin in 2013 with no takers or even one response.

Billy Knox Why use a Real Estate Agent?
20 September 2024 | 73 replies

Hello BP! I have a question for the group and was hoping to generate a discussion around this topic. Disclaimer – I am an instructor pilot in the Navy and not a real estate professional – so take everything with a gra...

Matthew Irish-Jones Why push the BRRRR so hard
16 April 2021 | 120 replies

I feel like someone needs to push back on the BRRRR strategy a bit.  Disclaimer:  I use the BRRRR strategy and it is a very powerful investing tool that can create great returns.  
With that being said, I lost a lot ...

Rob Pattison In escrow to buy beach adjacent property in Costa Rica.
12 December 2022 | 89 replies

I'm looking for advice from anyone who has bought property in Costa Rica.   It's been my dream to have a house within 60 seconds walk to a beach where I can surf, where I can step out on my front porch and both see an...

Michael McKay Facebook Ads for Motivated Seller Leads [Progress thread]
13 June 2021 | 127 replies

There are a lot of posts and Youtube videos on using Facebook to generate motivated seller leads, but most of these only cover a small part of the overall marketing campaign. Online marketing has evolved a lot in the ...

Micah Mcarthur I dont understand the Turnkey game
30 September 2017 | 114 replies

I am just starting to explore the turnkey option of investing, and right away, I am having serious doubts, because it doesnt make sense.  It sounds too good ....If a turnkey outfit buys a distressed property at a disc...

Shane Pearlman Cashflow Doesn't Build Wealth?
5 September 2014 | 245 replies

While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...

Christopher Smith California Draconian Rent Control and Property Tax Inc Nov Ballot
4 November 2020 | 68 replies

In addition to an irresponsible Draconian Rent Control measure, California will also be voting on an equally irresponsible Confiscatory Property Tax increase in November.Props 21 and 15 respectively, will combine to t...