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Just wondering ...I had a recent bad experience with a plumber that somehow convinced me that the 50% upfront and 50% at end was on the up and up.
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I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...
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Of course your individual results can vary. There are people fighting this post too. What are you seeing in your market?
Reposted from Twitter....Nick Gerli@nickgerli1 The Airbnb collapse is real.
Revenues...
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I have 100K in cash saved to start investing in real estate. I currently live in California and that isnt enough funds to start with the BRRRR method by buying property here. What’s the best approach that I can take? ...
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I’ll give you $1000 a month to tell me how to dress! … or not!!!
So today I met with a friend/realtor acquaintance at a closing. And he had on a jacket with a matching sweater. His wife was with him they were dressed...
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Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some feedback from the community about this content. This is a really in depth market analysis. It happens to be of the Dallas metro area, but even if you're not interested in investing...
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Has anyone looked into, or have an opinion on, investing in a short term vacation rental at Margaritaville Orlando? They are starting a new phase of townhomes and I am trying to figure out if the returns will be good....
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I am sure most of us read the "Rich Dad Poor Dad" at least one time before starting our REI journey. I eve know few who read it more than 3 times. It may be the bible to make you think differently about your job and p...
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I'm still in the learning phases, but trying to both stabalize my income and also figfure out how I could invest in real estate while working fulltime 40-50 hours a week. I imagine there is a lot of work and things th...