Brian Nopper
New member: Castle Rock (near Denver), Colorado
Hello BP community. It's great to be part of this amazing group. My name is Brian Nopper, currently living in Castle Rock, Colorado which is located south of Denver. I am a retired USAF officer/pilot, currently wor...
Josh Acuff
Can a real estate holding LLC serve as a 1031 exchange?
I am about to establish my LLC for my real estate holding company. I had a potential investor ask me if the LLC could serve as a 1031 exchange as he was about to sell a property but doesn't have another property lined...
Mary Jay
Maxing out 401k or buy Real Estate instead?
Hi guys,Can you please help me out?Ive been struggling with figuring out what to do. I have been putting 18K into my 401K for the last 4 years and now have 100K in it. Ive been thinking that may be I should instead be...
Eric K.
Single Buy & Hold in San Diego or Multiple Properties Elsewhere?
Hi BP Family, I've been reading through the forums for over 4 months before posting for the first time. I am originally from Chicago, and have been living in sunny San Diego since 2007. The wife and I have been fortun...
Tim Phun
Interest Rates
Just wanted to see how fellow BPers feel about future interest rates? As all investments are linked to rates, I feel that rates in the future matters a great deal.
If an investment property is purchased today and th...
Larry Flanagan
What have been your worst investments?
My worst loss was $100,000 trading foreign exchange. I made $100,000 one year then lost $200,000 the next.
My worst real estate deal I lost about $25,000 on. Paid too much, rented to dirt bag tenant for way...
Cari Bunce
Help me choose a foreclosure system
Lots of choices! I went to a few seminars recently where they tried to sell me coaching, websites, crm and autoresponders. One was like $3,000+
So I used google to look for something and have narrowed it down to a fe...
Mac Trader
<3x Income, full year up front?
Greetings all! I've been lurking and soaking in every word of information in these forums and site. It's been an invaluable resource as I seek to fill a new vacancy in my recent rental. I set the BP standards in my li...
Account Closed
Please help evaluate a condo purchase in Chicago + timing
Hello everyone,I am looking at a junior studio in Chicago, Lincoln Park area. Since I'm new to this real estate market, I'm hoping to get some insight from the pros on whether this is a good deal or not.Here are the b...
Russ Roslewski
Rental Property insurance denied
Hello, I enjoy reading the advice on this forum.My wife and I have owned two rental properties in the OKC area for the last several years. Our rental property insurance is with USAA, who also has our homeowner's insur...