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Laith Ali can you come up with $400 in an emergency
24 January 2018 | 152 replies

Hi,I was reading an article a few days ago that said 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 if they had an emergency. I couldn't believe almost half the country is that broke. The median household income is 60k, so ...

Stefanie Jensen I want to buy a rental now, my husband wants to wait a see.
26 September 2017 | 183 replies

I have my real estate license, I study the market. I read all the great investing books, I listen to the bigger pockets podcast religiously. I am so ready to let our money work for us, instead of us working for our m...

Toyin Dawodu Buy and Hold, Does It Really Make Sense?
6 August 2017 | 167 replies

I was once a buy and hold investor. Then one day, my light was turned off by the power company, in the house I lived in.How could that happen? I had 40 houses, but I was always robbing Peter to pay Paul. Edison, the p...

Matthew Paul What type of housing problems are in the future due to the increased border crossings
12 March 2024 | 105 replies

Right now , rates are higher than they have been in a while . prices are up on Real Estate around the country . Insurance rates , rents , utilities are higher .  Now there are an estimated 5 million people who have cr...

Dustin Ruff Let's get real about starting out
19 August 2017 | 93 replies

There are so many positive stories about people starting their investment careers on here and online that aren't painting a completely accurate picture.

Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. The statistics on...

Account Closed I’m 17 and don’t want to go to college
24 February 2020 | 150 replies

I’m 17 and a junior in high school, I want to be a full time real estate investor one day (commercial real estate). When I turn 18 I wanna get my real estate license so I can raise some capitol and start from there. W...

David Kanarek Beware of Norada Capital: Caveat Emptor My Fellow Small Investors !!!
8 February 2025 | 89 replies

In 2023, I invested in some Norada Capital Management 7 year Promissory Notes and last week less than one year after signing the last note, I receive a "form" email addressed to "Valued Investor", dated June 20th, 202...

Michael Leeson Addressing Racial Disparity in Home Ownership/ Wealth?
9 July 2022 | 218 replies

What are you doing or seeing that effectively addresses racial disparity in home ownership/ lending/ generational wealth?Hopefully this is a fairly straightforward question about a heavy and complex topic!  It's well ...

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...

Nathan Gesner Why you SHOULD allow animals
6 July 2020 | 132 replies

This is probably the best study I've found on the benefits of renting to pet owners. Too many Landlords believe pets cause too many problems and result in a loss of revenue. This study found the opposite to be true. B...