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Hi everyone, my name is Andrea. I am from a small town near Moab, Utah. I worked as a speech pathologist for a few years before I had kids, but have been a stay at home mom ever since we started our family 15 years ...
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Hi there. I’m still learning everything about real estate before I dive in. I’m looking at my local market (Seattle), there’s dozens upon dozens of rentals available - and they’re right next to each other. Does this c...
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I want to invest in multi-family & commercial property. I’m new to investing in real estate and would like to have a strong foundation before I start looking at property and investing. I figured the best way to le...
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Hello!New to the site and I am grateful a friend and fellow newby told me about how much this site will help me learn. My husband and I are wanting to grow our self directed IRA. Our thoughts are to start growing wi...
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This is a revision of my popular post from 3 years ago. See, the older I get (don't ask), the more annoyed I get with the endless "I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CUT YOUR TAXES in DECEMBER" emails, posts, webinars, podcasts, ...
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I came across this article and it is scary.
Feel free to post your thoughts on this article as I am interested in hearing other's opinions.
America's Political Cannibalism
By Chris Hedges
It is no longer our economy...
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It is the spring and I thought I would give a primer on "creative financing" for the BP community.I will break it up into Beginner and Advanced.I will talk about well known and not so well known strategies.Beginner st...
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I have acquired an STR in Orlando, Florida and have a property management company handle the property, listing etc. Spent good amount to make it ready, that too handled by PM company, and after months of waiting to ge...
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We have found that so many reasons hold women back from investing in real estate or scaling their portfolio. Some reasons include time, money, knowledge, or even confidence. These reasons can hold us back to living a ...
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I have a rehab property here in Garland and I finished the foundation only to get the call from the company telling me I had a leak. Of course I got a second opinion my neighbor who owns a plumbing company to go out ...