Ryan Dao
Why Doesn't Everyone Invest In Real Estate?
This might warrant some raised eyebrows but I always asked myself the same question: If real estate is a great way to become wealthy, why isn't everyone doing it?Now I'm not saying investing in real estate is easy, be...
Rick Griffith
Why you won't be successful in Real Estate, despite what you know
This Saturday I awoke early, and got in my car to start my 1 1/2 trip to Philadelphia. Ron LeGrand, the millionaire real estate investor was set to speak. My Real Estate education goes as far as some courses and b...
Rob Lawrence
Do you think it matters if you use a 5% or 6% commission?
I am currently selling my house, and I have a 5% commission on it. My realtor says that maybe I am not getting as many people coming or an offer because of my commission percentage. In you experience, do you think i...
Alick Patrick
Need a creative advice on getting approved on a second loan
Hello BiggerPockets!I started investing in real estate early this year. So far I've managed to purchase one SFH for $385,000 15 miles south of downtown LA and a 3-unit Multi-Family property about 2 hours east of LA. I...
Michael Bell
Las Vegas????
Is Las Vegas a good location to purchase buy and hold properties?
Scott Trench
Should We Make Our Kids Take Finance/Business Classes?
So this is a subject that I’m very interested in and I’d love to get everyone’s opinions.What do you think about mandating Finance class for grade school children? I’m not talking about making them take it one year of...
David B.
Contractor suddenly over budget by 40%
Hi everyone I’m in the middle of my first flip. I locked up a single family home (roughly 2600 sq feet) with 5 beds and 3 baths for $454,000.The ARV for the area tells us we can probably sell the house for 685-700k on...
Rishi Ramlogan
REAL return on real estate is MUCH lower than many claim here
Real estate is a good enough investment as is - why tell people fairy tales?First off, I am talking about pure passive investing. If people want to get into the real estate BUSINESS, and do all the labor that is in...
Matt Hatton
Full time wholesalers
Who here is a full time wholesaler? If you could go back to the past and talk to the ‘you’ that was JUST starting out before having closed your first deal, what would you tell yourself knowing everything you know toda...
Rob K.
Big changes to Section 8?
I have a tenant that is on Section 8 and her lease expires at the end of October. I just received word from Section 8 that the portion of the rent that she pays is almost going to triple for the next lease. The tenant...