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Money seems to always be the thing that holds people back from investing. It's an oxymorons, if I had money I would invest but I don't have money because I don't invest. Well there are little secret money pockets peop...
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I have been eager to make my first real estate investment for about a year. I’ve read plenty of book, and it seems like the last thing to do, is to just do it. I moved to NYC last September and started working and liv...
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New to real estate investing but I'm curious about when you first started out how you decided to a specific market you wanted to go after?
What strategies did you use to analyze your market / other markets?
Thanks!
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If you had $70k in your bank account, how would you invest it right now? Non-real estate
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I’ve had a few close friends ask about how I would navigate the current real estate climate to find wholesale properties in Houston.
After looking into some patterns from the previous financial crisis, I’ve honed i...
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Hey all - really appreciate the feedback on my first post. Since then, I've determined that I'm going to forgo the live-in property (not by choice, necessarily) and shoot for a pure investment property.With that said,...
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Hi all...I am an investor in Illinois (Rockford Area) and am considering a 5 family apartment. None of the tenants have leases and all but one have been there 4 years plus. The current owner bought it 35 years ago a...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,My husband and I are in the process of deciding between a 15 year vs. 30 year loan for a $48,000 house. Interest rates for 15 year are 3.0% and 3.75% for 30 year loan. We plan on fixing up the hou...
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Hello everyone. I wanted to lean on some of you that have experience. My in laws live in Greenwood SC said they do not want to own any more the would rather rent from us so we can benefit from the tax advantages. They...
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I would like to know who here is investing in Charleston, SC?I owned a house in downtown Charleston years ago and I now regret selling it. I don’t think it’s possible to find any deals on the peninsula now days.West A...