Gregory Schwartz
College Towns: Are we approaching a buying opportunity
For those of you that buy and hold in college towns do you see this fall as...A. The same old housing market, all the students will be back. Sunshine and rainbows for everyoneB. Buying opportunity. This is the Thursda...
Pamela Gondeck
Our buying agent is incompetent - need input
We’re buying a coastal property and made the mistake of not getting references for an agent in that area. The one we ended up with is incompetent. Skipping past other issues to the about to be deal-breaker: We’re past...
Craig Kleffman
Converting Direct Mail Responses To Closed Wholesale Deals
Hi, I've been providing an ongoing log of my first direct mail campaign (here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/34...). At the outset, I thought the weakest piece of this process would be fielding inq...
David Ptak
Over leveraged
Hi everyone. I've been reading and listening to podcasts and hear about all these folks that build these huge portfolios within just a few years. What I can't make sense of though is how can one keep accumulating prop...
Jimmy S.
How much do you have to spend to buy a rental property in your area?
I though this would be a interesting topic since people are from all over the world here.What the average cost you need to spend in your area to get a decent rental property that is turn key or if you need to rehab it...
Danny Randazzo
Who’s Unhappy with Their 401-k?
What have you done to make the most of your retirement accounts (401k, IRA, 403B, ESA, etc.)? I recently converted an old 401k that wasn’t doing much for me into a self direct individual retirement account (commonly r...
Ronnie Holbert
Should I pay down rental property?
I have a property that has a cash flow after expenses of $175 a month. My question is should I let that money build up in an account or apply that money to principal on the mortgage?
Daniel Ortiz
Student Loan Debt - Enough to Buy a House!
Hey Everyone, It's no secret that Americans owe over $1 trillion in student loan debt, spreading out over millions of borrows. I'm curious to hear how other successful real estate investors who were once faced with th...
Tecsia Evans
Sell or rent investment property?
I have a new construction home that my husband and I built in 2020. We are trying to decide if we should sell or rent. If we sell after living in it for 2 years we would make about a $800k return ($400k of this amount...
Account Closed
Detroit Bankrupt
My dad just sent me this link.
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/motor-city-goes-bust-largest-ever-municipal-bankruptcy-in-u-s-history/
What do you all think about the REI market in Detroit after...