Possibly the only thing that I have ever heard Grant Cardone say that I fully agree with is that when you start a business, you had better forget about working 9 to 5 and commit to working 95 hours a week.
Those 95 h...

Hi BP!  My husband and I live in the SF Bay Area where home prices have risen substantially in past years.  We want to leverage some of our home equity and use that equity as down payment for our 2nd rental prop.  We'...

"Is business ownership without owning the land still considered real estate investing?What if franchising is part of the strategy, with a long-term goal of acquiring properties as well?Curious to hear thoughts from ex...

Alright I have a question I'm asking now becuase of the situation I am in.From what I understand investors are able to have 10 properties in their own personal name until banks start declining to continue to loan to t...

Hello,My mother-in law has about 700K in her retirement accounts and has suddenly needed to go into long term care (about 8K per month.) We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay f...

Below is the first draft of the business plan I created for REI.The final product will be created using liveplan.com to create a polished and professional looking plan.The only thing that I'm still working on and is m...

We are searching lenders for our first property and are having to finance using our llc in order to protect my pension limits on earnings.   My question is how do you account for future interest rate hikes down the ro...

I have a potential deal with a 6 acre lot and wanting to learn more about getting new homes built on the land. There have been several new homes built on that road in the past 5 years. There are some nice homes and du...

Hello everyone, I am asking for your personal favorite books! I'm looking for everything from Real Estate, to business, to lifestyle, and anything else you'd like to share! I was never one to sit down and read, howeve...

I was hoping the bigger pockets community can help on this one. My business partner and I have contacted some HML to finance our first property. The only concern I have is that the loan will be in my partners name bec...