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Hello BP members in Cincinnati or those investing here. Please be careful of who you invest with. I had the unfortunate experience of investing with someone here and it ended up being a scam. True Story of How my Firs...
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Hello Everyone! I am just getting into contract in the next few days with a 47 unit multi-family property. The numbers are great, the occupancy is high and the property is well maintained! My questions is this....
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Just finished listening to the 1.22.17 Real Estate Guys Radio podcast with Robert Kiyosaki. On it he said that basically we are currently in an economic situation akin to 1928 and 1929 is approaching rapidly. His argu...
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Hello BP,
I’ve seen numerous investors preach to invest in bitcoin. I thought I’d ask the BP community on whether or not it would be a good idea to do so. Some people say it’ll be a “trend” that’ll end, others say the...
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Hey all, I am relatively new to the group. I am very impressed with the experienced professionals here and am glad that I stumbled upon this site. I am a seasoned real estate attorney and enjoy not only practicing la...
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If there's one thing I learnt from the massive crash of CRE in 2023(and 2024) is that "Do not become passive investors". WHen you are passive investor, you become the dumb money , your money is being misused or misman...
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I am interested to hear how many of you have actually invested in POL and how your investments are doing. So far I have invested $105,000 in 16 of their loans with various investment sizes ranging from $5,000-$15,000 ...
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For all of the newbies out there, I was wondering what excuses you have for not investing. I think it might be helpful to share with everyone here!
For the veterans, I'd love to hear some of the excuses you used b...
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Hi BP Fam!
I've hit a dilemma that I'm sure many others encounter at some point in their investing careers, and figured this would be a fun topic to discuss.
So I've been working my a** of for at least 15 years as a...
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Coronavirus seems way worse than 2008.& yet prices are way above 2008.dow was around 9k. now it's at 21k. very few businesses that I would buy at this point. mayb ppeople think vaccine might be found or warmer w...