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This is less an investment for profit, and more about our home life I guess.Our situation is we bought our home in Florida at the worst time! It was around June of 2007 right before the collapse. We paid 207k to build...
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Hello,
My name is Ken Scarbrough and I recently purchased my first property. Instead of purchasing a home for myself I've opted to purchase a duplex that is already occupied as an investment property while I ...
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What are the top 2 reasons most people have for not getting into Real Estate investing and how can they over come them?
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Hello everyone! I've just started reading about real estate investment about a month ago. A little about myself, I'm a physician living in Los Angeles. I am not the most financially savvy but hope to change that. I am...
Happy Easter bigger pockets members! So this is actually happening to a close friend of mine. I am not exactly sure what direction to point him in, so I thought I would open it up for discussion here. He is 67, blue c...
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Hi everyone, I just started my credit about 6 months ago and I’m at a 700 credit score with one credit line. Have couple thousand dollars saved and looking forward to invest it. I’m also located in New York, Long Isla...
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This year (2020), I started my real estate investing journey. I am scheduled to close on a single-family property in Franklin, KY next week (at the latest). This is my first true investment property. I am also watchin...
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Hello!My wife and I are exploring real estate as an income source to help us pay off our student loan debt and achieve the lifestyle we want. I realized some time ago that I would not be able to reach my financial goa...
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What book inspired your other significant other to follow in your path to financial freedom? I have convinced my long term girlfriend to do a book swap with me and need to capitalize on this opportunity! She understan...
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Hey all! I live in Seattle, Wa and have a small house hack here. I managed to score a high paying tech gig 5 years ago and have been living way below my means to build a nest egg to start my journey to financial indep...