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Two questions for anyone willing to help a newbie.1) what is the point of a roth or traditional IRA if you can only add 5000 to it each year. I am 30 so that means I have 29.5 years I can add to it. If my math is corr...
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Hello My Fellow BP Members, So I have a friend, who is in desperate need of a place to live. He doesn't make enough to pay the rent on his own, but is moving in with his Grandma as well, who receives a Soc...
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It's official folks! After a little over a month, we finally posted our first AirBnb listing in Portsmouth, VA using one of the units in our quadplex. We are open for business starting tomorrow. My wife and I are expe...
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Hi, All. We are currently in an Earnest Money dispute. We were set to close on a vacation/investment property and at the 12th hour (literally 2 weeks prior to us thinking we were to close), our lender said the prope...
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Hi everyone!What a great community we have at Bigger Pockets! I'm already halfway through the podcasts since joining only a couple of weeks ago. I look forward to participating, learning, and hopefully partnering up...
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Hi Friends,I’m looking to buy a SFH in the Los Angeles, CA area specifically in South Pasadena, Pasadena, or Monrovia area. This home will be used as a primary, but potentially converting into a rental investment in f...
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Hello all!
I was born and raised in San Diego and now work here as a mechanical engineer in the defense industry. Growing up, the concept of "work hard in school, get a degree, and find a well paying job to work at f...
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So I just received an intriguing offer on a property of mine from an investment/wholesale company. I bought this property in August of 2019 for $60k. I spent 6 mos on a complete rehab by myself, put in about $15k. (20...
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I spend the day compiling a list of FSBO and FRBO in the areas of sellers I want to call. I have a script that I practice daily. Its very short and too the point. But for some reason I am scared to make the call. All ...
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what are you thoughts on starting affordable housing nonprofit?we would like to work in Oregon and Sonoma County, CAto provide equity in small homes, townhomes, plexesdeveloped as low cost as possible to help buyers :)