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Economic Update
(Monday, February 15, 2021)
I was never a big believer in “Herd Immunity” until now. The term “herd immunity” represents a hypothetical threshold of our population that needs immunity to the coron...
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Hi everyone,
First post here.
To what extent does real estate investing make sense if you have a highly successful career, and do not intend - or want - to make real estate a full-time career (as I've noticed many /...
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What a way to start the new year (and my REI endeavors). Wow...where do I begin? Last summer, as a beginning wholeseller, I started sending out handwritten yellow letters to a neighborhood near me that looked like it ...
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Is anyone able to get to the 1% or 2% rule in Canada? If so where? And how recently did you purchase?
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Hi everyone. I am brand new to the Bigger Pockets Community but love the info so far. I am selling my business and will have at least $100,000 cash to get me started, plus ongoing payouts over 4 years that cover my fa...
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I've recently had some great discussion with a fellow tax lien investor and I've been researching liens more and more. Come to find some potentially quetionable ethical calls made and I'm curious to hear what others b...
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Hi All,We own a 2 bd/2ba condo in a luxury high rise in downtown San Jose. We purchased it when we lived up there, and then have had it rented for about 5 years. We are living in San Diego now. San Jose has a ton o...
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Hello BiggerPockets!My parents have worked hard throughout their lives to put their kids through school and pay down the mortgageby the end of this year they will have finally paid off the house and are hoping to reti...
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Hi fellow investors, happy New Year!
My boyfriend and I are living in SF Bay Area, and we are looking to invest in a SFH remotely with <300k house price, good appreciation and positive cashflow. We are first-ti...
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Just wondering what would people do right now if they had 70k cash on hand. Where would you invest it? Would you just leave it in a savings account for now?