Tom Horan
Real Estate Cycles - Denver specifically
Hey BP - I'm a 28 year old living just outside of Denver. My short term goal is to buy a home for a personal residence. My long term is to build equity and an income portfolio through rental properties. With the Denve...
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Ashcroft capital - Paused Distributions
Anyone else getting notified this morning of paused Ashcroft distributions due to refinancing issues?
We have been working on refinancing the asset in order to access the equity and create liquidity to earnestly res...
Josh Stack
LESSONS LEARNED - What would you do over from the 2008 crisis?
I've posted this in the "Real Estate Success Stories" forum but perhaps its would fit better in the "Real Estate Life Lessons Forum".There is a ton of talk in the media but also on these forums of the precariousness o...
Brie Schmidt
Will there be another recession?
Are we going to have a recession this year? Historically, every time we see low unemployment it is followed by a recessionNow we hit a 17 year low for unemployment rate, so what does that mean?So will it happen? Wha...
Alan Grobmeier
Where are YOU looking to park your money?
For those of you that think we are back in a bubble: Have you sold any of your places into the 'increase'? If so, where did you 'park' your cash?My issue is that between my wife & I we have sold 3 houses this ye...
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How I House Hacked My Way To $1,000,000 in 6 years
I thought today I’d share an abbreviated story of how I house hacked my way to $1,000,000 using what I call the seesaw method. Before I get into it I think it’s important to provide some context.I am a fake engineer. ...
Bret Kingcade
Should the tenant be billed for full carpet replacement?
Full disclosure: I am the tenant in this situation. I just started house hacking and this is from my apartment lease that just ended.So in the 2 years I lived at my old apartment, my dog had probably 6 accidents (urin...
Brian Larson
My recent realization about notes
In the past year or so I have been increasingly interested in leveraging discounted notes to diversify my portfolio. I prefer 1st position notes but certainly understand how others like and do well with 2nds.Initially...
Pete Harper
1031 Exchange into REIT
I'm doing some estate planning. My kids are in horror of inheriting and managing our real estate portfolio that includes multiple 1031 exchanges. These exchanges have almost no cost basis so they face substantial st...
Jack Zhuang
Buying at market peak?
I read reports and experts saying the real estate market are approaching market peak in sales price in 2019. Price growth in my local market in SF Bay Area has defiantly slowed in 2019 Q1 compare to 2018 Q1. It seems ...