So I'm beginning my real estate journey, and I'm curious about something. I own a highly-profitable online business, and I often see people talking about "moving highly taxed business profits into real estate," and I'...
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Like most I so badly desired to jump into real estate. The only problem I had was that I had no money. I was able to scrounge up 15k through family for the down payment, but I had no money to enhance the property I wa...
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I'm thinking myself around in circles, and hoping for the input of the BP community to settle me down. Feel free to skip down to the bottom if you just want to look at the numbers, but the numbers aren't what are real...
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My wife and I are currently shopping around for our first property. We are trying to find a triplex so we can live in one unit and rent out the others. I'm definitely taking advantage of all the knowledge that I can g...
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I'm married, age 29, and make less than six figures. My wife stays home with our two kids. This year and last year we maxed out my 401K ($17,500 annually) and both our ROTH IRAs ($11,000 annually). This has allow...
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Hi Agents,Brokers and knowledgable professionals.The plan is getting my license but I have a W2 job(teacher) for 50k a year that is from 730am to 3pm in the afternoom mon thru fri excluding holidays,breaks, summers. I...
Hi,This is my first post here on the BP :). I am currently a 19 year old college student and in a bit of a dilemma trying to figure out what I want to do. I've thought about dropping out or taking a semester off to p...
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Thought you all would appreciate a dose of reality from the trenches of a multifamily operator - Section 8 abatement.
If you have Section 8 tenants at your property you have to be aware that there are three parties i...
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Team,
I'm getting very interested in the rental arbitrage model as it seems to generate huge amounts of cash flow. I'm looking for the most accurate way to estimate my expenses.
How much can I expect for a cleaning ...
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I work at an asset management shop. We trade securities and watch the markets very closely every day. Today while watching the DOW drop almost 500 points at its very bottom, I found myself, as I do many days, rooting ...