Makani Donaldson
What is considered a good cash flow?
Hi all, I’m very new to anything real estate and I’m looking for a first deal. As I think most beginners are, I’m interested mostly in cash flow. I know that’s not the only reason to invest in real estate but simply p...
Paul Lucenti
Strategic ways to scale
We have purchased 8 investment properties over the last 2 years, we strictly rent them out with section 8. The goal is to scale our business 2x over the next 3 years which we believe is very doable. There are many way...
Charles Masten
Cash Flow vs. Equity
Hello BiggerPockets family!My partner and I are beginning our real estate investing journey! We've been listening to endless podcasts, reading a lot of the BP books, and perusing the BP forums and blogs as much as we ...
Marcus Nickson
What are the pros ans cons of owning a property free and clear
Hello Fellow BP Members,I'm currently educating myself on multi family real estate investing. I would like to develop a portfolio of 100+ units in the next 10 yrs. I'm currently saving up to purchase a duplex in 2017....
Andrew Perkins
More rentals OR less debt
Hello!Does it make sense to use the appreciation gained from our current rental properties to pay down our primary residence mortgage? We currently cash flow about $600/month on 2 rental properties. However, if we w...
Ryan Klein
Reasonable Goal? $3000 cash flow in five years
Hi everyone,My wife and I would love to move to a better house with a bigger yard in five-ish years. I want to find out if real estate investment can get us there. I think we'd need to make $3000 a month more than we ...
Todd Powell
How much is enough? What is your FREEDOM number to quit W2?
I realize that everyone has a different standard of living and expectations in life, but what is your FREEDOM number that would allow you to leave your W2 position? What would you want to do with your time if it coul...
Josh Calcanis
Life Insurance as Financing?
BP,I was speaking with a friend of mine who recently began working for a financial group. She mentioned that she had a few clients that had use their overfunded life insurance policy as financing for a deal. Basically...
Par Attaran
I've got 150-200k to work with, is my goal possible?
So we are noob investors that have been reading and researching for several weeks now. We are ready to move forward with one goal in mind. We have aprox 150-200k to work with, and are trying to generate $2500 a month ...
Joe Kooner
New Investor with Cash
Hello everyone! I’ve been very quiet on BP over the last couple of years because I’ve been focused on saving money for the purpose of REI. I would like to start off by saying I apologize if this question has been answ...