Eric Blackford
Getting your agent to be truly on your side
If you haven't heard about the Freakonomics bit on real estate agents and how their incentives aren't aligned with yours, watch this 3 minute video here to get some insight into the problem.https://www.youtube.co...
Jamie Jeffredo
Advice Needed - Do I Sell or Hold?
Hello. I am a newbie to the group. Looking for advice - Do I Sell or Hold?I own a home in San Diego CA. I purchased the house in 2015, in a transitional neighborhood for a low price, and the value has since doubled. H...
Brandon Schaffner
Best Recession Cities for investment
I'm 33 and looking to relocate. I was an interior designer (cabinet sales basically) in Denver, Colorado before the corona. Now I'm provided with a new opportunity. Im not going back to my old job and I can basically ...
Mindy Jensen
New Book!!! Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor
BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor! Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax st...
Alan Curry
High Earning W2 people, what is your strategy?
Hello BP!I tried searching on the forum for someone in a similar situation, but I didn't find much. My life story starts when I got a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Finance so I would have a resume tha...
Jody Young
Real danger of asking for private money - long bitter post
I debated on posting this because the incident has discourage me so much. But here it is:Last Friday I arrived home to a business card from a detective from our police department. I had just got home from visiting my ...
Tyson Bumgarner
Starting RE investing with multi-family units? My plan.
For starters, I have zero RE investing experience. I am not interested in owning SFH. Is it's reasonable to believe I could be successful starting off with multi-family units?
Here is my plan (keep in mind my 0 exper...
Michael Evans
Pre-Construction Flips
I want to get some feedback on an investment strategy I used in 2003-2005 that I call the "pre-construction flip". It works like this:Identify high appreciating markets (greater than 12% annual)Identify home builders...
Rav Ram
What do i do with this Old Nursing Home building i just bought!!!!
Hello,I purchased a vacant old nursing home that is in a low income area of the Dallas / Fort Worth area. The place has 30+ Rooms and is over 15,000 square feet. I was going to convert this 1950's building to an assi...
Jesse Kindra
Self Directed IRA or Solo 401k
Hi BP Community,I could use some advise on options available for retirement accounts from past employers. I do have a few accounts available and I think it's fairly easy to rollover into a Self Directed IRA using a cu...