Shiloh Lundahl
Best Passive Income Investments
To the BiggerPockets community,What have been your best passive investments? By passive I mean less than 1 hour of your time in total a month on the investment. What was the initial cost? How much time did it initia...
Joshua Dorkin
How Are You Planning on Making 2015 a More Successful Year than Last?
I'll kick off the obligatory "what are you going to do better" post for 2015 . . . so, how are you planning on making this year a more successful one than last year?
Joe Splitrock
House Hack Bubble and Return of the Sub Prime
Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...
Brie Schmidt
Diary of a Bulk Buy
I am looking to do another bulk buy and wanted to document my experiences here. I already have a commercial lender in place who did our previous loan. The challenge is that I am looking to buy 6 - 10 properties that...
Lin Ding
Negotiate price reduction near closing (today's market)
Hi BP community I'm under contract for a couple of months now. I found this house I like in an expensive market that I'm moving to in September. FYI This 2-family I'm going to househack and rent out the rent. At that ...
Johnnie Smith
Conflicted with 15 vs 30 year mortgage for first investment property
Hello all,I would appreciate any insight / thoughts people have about this topic. I grew up with real estate being in my family. My parents currently own four investment properties in addition to the home they live in...
Aaron Mazzrillo
Clayton Morris Podcast
I received an email inviting me to be on the Clayton Morris podcast. Never heard of him or his podcast and am curious if anyone has listened to it. I went to his page and saw a huge red flag for me; Financial Freedom ...
Kimberly H.
Declining your first applicant (tenant)~ Whew!
Whew! It took me 2 days to send the email. It felt like I was making a family homeless. I need to grow a set for this business. I'm usually a tough cookie, but this real estate landlord business is not for the sof...
Arthur Banks
Finally closed a 203K loan and it has been a long ride...
I posted this elsewhere but thought it might be good to post here. My hope, like most others, is that it helps someone else to not give up no matter how frustrating. So, here goes.... I saw the property, (2 unit 3BD/1...
James Knecht
Dominican Republic: Punta Cana Yes or No?
With the Unites States market being so high and the fact that I travel to the Dominican Republic often a thought came to my head. What if I invested in the DR?? I live in Miami and everything here is out of this world...