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Kevin Hill This is Not the Real Estate Environment for Rookie Investors
28 October 2021 | 163 replies

I don't want to announce the sky is falling and be a Debbie Downer, but in my opinion, now is NOT the time to be investing in real estate for rookie investors, especially flips. I keep seeing a lot of posts from newbi...

Marcus Johnson Dave Ramsey is a Genius now
24 April 2020 | 125 replies

I've been a hardcore follower of Dave Ramsey and have done his Debt Snowball in the past and it was very rewarding.  The problem was that I started to veer in the past 4 years and take on more debt such as buying a La...

Riley F. Appreciation - how to factor it in?
17 February 2015 | 223 replies

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

Ben Leybovich Leverage Is Through the Roof!
7 March 2015 | 174 replies

Lenders are getting more and more aggressive in their underwriting  - read this...I am researching a project and reached out to a friend who is working for a big lender.  He confirmed - they are approving stuff that m...

Josue Vargas Smart move? Would you withdraw from 401K to invest in RE?
3 March 2019 | 159 replies

Thinking on withdraw most of my 401K account (no longer employed with that company) and invest in RE property.  I have over 100K, also have lost over 10K in the past 13 months.  Just want to have more control of my mo...

Dave Meyer Door count is a terrible metric. Please stop using it.
7 July 2024 | 89 replies

Door count is the worst (commonly discussed) metric in the real estate investing community. Why does everyone use it? Can we all decide to collectively kill it? Or are there some of you out there that stand by door co...

James Wise Failed Leadership is why California is on fire.
23 January 2025 | 165 replies

California is on fire and they don't have enough water to stop it. 
California is the richest state in the USA.
California has 3,427 miles of Coastline.
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Make it make sense.

Cody L. Wholesellers - Stop. Read this. Wholesaling is ...
16 January 2024 | 104 replies

...Dumb.
[Sorry to be mean.  My comments as an owner -- rant ahead]
Seriously.  How much are you guys paying for your "lists".   How many of you think buying a list of: owners that got a red tag.  owners that got an...

Ryan Hazelwood Age, how many rentals, and type of rentals?
20 March 2022 | 384 replies

I’ll start. I’m 38 and I own 0 properties. I am reading all I can on REI with the goal to buy my first property within the next year. I’d love to be inspired by some of you and your journey. I’d like to know your ...

Jimmy Humphrey Over Leveraged?
10 May 2024 | 116 replies

Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me.  I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...