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Alex Silang "Biggest mistake" was to do out-of-state turnkey investing
9 March 2019 | 127 replies

So I'm in the process of looking at turnkey investing. I even made a post about it on BP but it didn't get many responses. A blogger I follow is "FIfighter". He's pretty reputable in the financial independence blogosp...

Dexter Wallace Turnkey Real Estate Investing
11 January 2016 | 137 replies

Hey BP!So In my continued research into real estate investing, I came across Turnkey Investing. They offer a lot of positives for the investor who is just starting out or is looking into part-time investing. I know ac...

Ericka G. Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
3 April 2017 | 178 replies

If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

Ashley Gish Student loans or investment property
24 February 2023 | 172 replies

Together my husband and I have almost $200k in student loans with a significant portion of them being at 6% interest. 53k of that is at 6.8% and 7.2%. We currently live and work in Oregon and are interested in getting...

Steven McPherson Who here has started from scratch?
3 August 2021 | 103 replies

Just a question for other BP members: who all on this board have started their RE business from nothing?  That means you had no money and no personal savings to put in to marketing, down payments, etc.Follow-up questi...

Scott Ficek How do you screen prospective tenants?
29 November 2015 | 110 replies

I thought I would throw out a topic for discussion....Tell me about the process that you go through to screen tenants.

Matthew Mucker Where does the 50% rule come from?
1 May 2021 | 300 replies

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

Benjamin Manibog Paying For Mentorship Programs
2 September 2023 | 200 replies

I was introduced to a program called “Freedom Mentors,” by a friend, where you pay $15-25k to be coached on investing and you have to split earnings 50/50 up to your first 500k and then you’re out of the program and o...

Nathan Gesner What's going to happen to NY City?
5 April 2022 | 186 replies

There aren't enough renters to build demand so prices are dropping. They're dropping so low that Landlords are choosing to keep the units vacant rather than fill them at reduced prices. In August, they warehoused over...

Diane Trotter Anyone doing crowdfunding?
12 June 2017 | 126 replies

Do any of the pros have crowdfunding sites?