Daniel Carman
My 10 year journey to purchase my first 24 unit apartment complex
Short Story: Refinanced 5 single family units into a 24 unit complex.Back Story: Purchased my primary house(105K) thru auction with a very friendly but very real loan thru my parents(70K), I was originally looking at ...
David C.
SDIRA experience - is it really worth the hype?
I have been looking opening a SDIRA. I have read/heard many tout the overall benefits and flexibility of using an SDIRA, but when I looked into it a little more, the SDIRA seemed to lose its luster with several restr...
Stephanie Yi
If you have 1m, where you would invest and how would you invest?
I often seen discussion in BP that the house price is too high, there will be next crash coming. I am curious what people would do if you have $1m available at this time? Will you hold cash to wait for downturn so you...
Katrina Cabral
Yikes, What did I do wrong?! All my inquiries dried up!
I only have one rental and this is my first time listing it for rent. I listed it and got close to 50 inquiries within 24 hours. I sent a reply to all those that inquired and suggested that they reply with their name ...
Michael Baradell
50% rule
Hey guys!! Rookie question here. Can someone give me a breakdown of the 50% rule using this example? I have already calculated it myself, I just want to be sure I am doing it correctly.
Purchase price- $75k
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Michael Rogers
I Finally Did It: I'm Retiring from My Corporate J.O.B.
I'm Retiring from Corporate!Next month, on January 18th, I will be retiring from my corporate job as an Internal Auditor to be a full-time real estate investor. I am super excited. I've been working toward this for ...
Will Bazile
Soon to be college grad, planning to buy first investment, Advice/Thoughts
Hi Everyone, I am excited to be a part of the Bigger Pockets community. I came to know of bigger pockets about 2-3 weeks ago and have been listening and educating myself on RE and FI. It has been an eye-opening experi...
Julie Marquez
Have You Ever Regretted Selling a House?
This question is for buy and hold investors. My investment plan is to buy the right properties and hold them forever. For me, it's not about quantity and number of deals, but about quality and getting my few propertie...
Gurjot Grewal
Is "Secrets of the Canadian Real Estate Cycle" Relevant ?
Hello BiggerPockets, I am brand new to this platform and currently in the learning phases of real estate. The past few months I have read some of Brandon Turner and David Greene books and absorbed countless hours of a...
Dan Shelhamer
Takeaways from meeting with my accountant
The other day I met with my accountant to do some year-end planning, especially since this is my 1st year owning investment properties. A few things that I took away from this meeting are listed below, and I was just...