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Hello Bigger Pockets community!I'm a new member to the forum and I'm excited to have found such a great real estate podcast and community! Technically my real estate career started about 10 years ago, but it's been o...
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Have an older car I have driven forever as a work horse.Looking at trading it in for a brand new car on a lease.
Normally I wouldn't look at a lease but I am thinking I can write it off in my corporation.
I am not a...
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3/1 single family located in a lower middle class neighborhood.
1150 sq feet
Asking price 20k
Partially rehabbed
Newer furnace and WH
Rents $750-$800 month
Estimate 3-5k to finish rehab (my standards)
Owes $9500 on b...
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Robert Shiller raised this question over the weekend in a NY Times article ... he delves into a bit of history of why govt has subsidized housing and his theory why we continue to do so. I tend to agree it's less of ...
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I'm glad to have found this forum and look forward to learning a great deal, as well as possibly contributing to these helpful discussions.
As a principal, full-time real estate investor and owner of Alternative Fun...
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Hi guys,
I have been looking in to investing recently and am already a licensed real estate agent. I would like to flip homes eventually and thought of possibly getting certified to become and inspector as well.
Do...
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Hi All,
I grew up in South Tampa and moved to New York City to pursue a career in the financial services sector after graduating college. I've been investing in the stock market since middle school, but over the past...
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We're at the beginning of an interesting time in real estate. The nation's largest generation is starting to downsize which means they are selling their homes to capture the years of equity from mortgage pay downs and...
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Ok, here’s my story so far!I started investing last fall. Went traditional 20% financing for condo in Charlotte. Then 20% on. duplex in KC. Then another 20% on a townhome in Charlotte this May, followed by 2 single fa...
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Has anyone had good luck with the tax sales? I'm registered for the next tax sale in my county. Any pros or cons? would you do it again? Are there any websites to check for a lien on the property? If not, what's a typ...