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As a millennial and recent college grad and wanting to begin building a portfolio of properties while working a full time job, a question I constantly find myself contemplating is how to plan for an early retirement a...
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Hello, BP community -
First-time poster here, and appreciate your guidance on the below question.I am curious about how we should be thinking about paying investors during the first few months of a value-add syndica...
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Hello all,I'm in the process of purchasing my first single family rental property as a long-term buy and hold. I'm located in CT and purchasing in the Atlanta area, so I can't see the subject property in person. I rec...
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I decided to jump into the deep end for my first home purchase project, it is much deeper than I wanted..... I purchased a property for 129k in August of 2018. It was in pretty banged up shape but didn't look outrageo...
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Have any of you had to deal with your spouse not being fully supportive of your real estate investing?
This is a big hurdle for me to get started with investing in real estate. My family has been investing in real es...
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Hey All,
I've become interested in the idea of a self directed IRA as I'm growing increasingly put off by my Edward Jones dude trying to convince me that a 6% rate of return is awesome. I'm also looking into the pro...
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Hi all, I’m currently looking into the market of Toledo Ohio and want to get in touch with over investors, real estate agents, contractors, property managers in the area as I’m looking to invest in multi family for pu...
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I'm curious to hear people's choices and reasons for using and/or reasons for not using any of the numerous self-directed IRA custodians out there.
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After emailing a few investors about using credit cards to free up capital I realized that not many people know how to use their credit cards to free up cash without getting hit with huge interest charges. I started r...
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I keep hearing about how the rich file bankruptcy not because they are in trouble but as a strategic way to build more wealth. For example Donald Trump, Rich Dad's Robert Kiyosaki, 50 cent, Henry Ford even Walt Disney...