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N/A N/A Is it better to invest in commercial property or residential
13 July 2012 | 62 replies

What is a safer bet, investing in commercial buildings, or investing in residential properties. If you become a local landlord to shops in a town, would that be better then if you had homes there?

Thank you.

Andrey Grebenetsky Newbie from Dallas, TX - buy a duplex or a fourplex?
12 June 2018 | 21 replies

Wanted to post this to introduce myself and run my logic past people who have more experience than me. Feel like I don't know what I don't know yet so it would be good to see holes poked in my logic here:Hi everyone! ...

Charlsi Kelley Helping Single Moms with Home Ownership- a rent to own model?
19 February 2024 | 28 replies

Hi fellow BPers-
Do you have experience with starting a non-profit OR with starting a rent-to-own program? If so, I would love to connect! 
A little background, my business partner @Sarah Kozlik , and I both grew up...

Account Closed Better Wholesaling Strategy
11 January 2017 | 58 replies

I am not a wholesaler or a beginner investor but I do think i have abetter strategy for wholesaling and would like your input.I am very familiar how wholesaling works, I have never wholesale but I have purchase deals ...

Mark Kim Getting started - out of state investing
3 April 2023 | 47 replies

Excited to get started investing in real estate, but would like some advice on best first steps.

I live in a very expensive metro area, which is why investing in a different area is attractive. I am con...

Bob Dole Cost Segregation -- What is the true benefit of the accelerated depreciation?
9 January 2025 | 32 replies

All,Apologies for the newb question, but I just heard about cost segregation and have been reading up about it online.My understanding is this (and please correct me where I'm wrong):Pros: -accelerate depreciation, fr...

Christopher Middleton Life Insurance used as a bank account
21 March 2016 | 55 replies

I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.

Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...

Joe Kim Rental Arbitrage -how to do airbnb without BUYING
26 November 2019 | 96 replies

Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...

Brian Garrett Leasing a new car (Conventional DTI Concerns)
22 March 2018 | 100 replies

So I decided to sell my luxury car in order to free up more capital for real estate deals.I couldn't justify having a lot of cash tied up in an expensive vehicle anymore knowing I could be investing that money.I curre...

Jim K. I saved my tenant's life today
24 September 2018 | 51 replies

Went over to a rental property today to work on a leaking basement window. One of my tenants was at home recovering from surgery on his arm. While I was there, a vein in his arm ruptured and he started bleeding heavil...