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Will Barnard Validate the 50% rule
11 February 2016 | 141 replies

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

Jason C. How many units do you own?
29 January 2023 | 267 replies

I’m curious to see who exactly visits bigger pockets. Is it mostly newbie/wanna-be investors or more seasoned/experienced investors?

If you are investing, are you in state or out of state?

I’ll start by answering m...

Fakaradin Floyd Advice on my STR pitch and overall Rental Arbitrage advice (Alexandria VA)
30 December 2024 | 89 replies

Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old Software engineer that's always wanted to get into real estate, I graduated college about a year and a half ago and wanted to hit the ground running when graduated. I moved to North Vir...

Tim Porsche Would You Rent To This Applicant?
9 November 2020 | 122 replies

Hi All,I've recently had someone apply for a 1 bed 1 bath apartment I have for rent. I'm having a hard time deciding if I should accept the application or not and would greatly appreciate any feedback one way or the o...

Benjamin Manibog Paying For Mentorship Programs
2 September 2023 | 200 replies

I was introduced to a program called “Freedom Mentors,” by a friend, where you pay $15-25k to be coached on investing and you have to split earnings 50/50 up to your first 500k and then you’re out of the program and o...

4 April, 2021
BiggerPockets Podcast 457: How Thinking 5 Moves Ahead Can Make You Millions with Patrick Bet-David

Some people are born into wealth, but none are born into success. Success needs to be earned, through pain, hard work, and perseverance.

Patrick Bet-David came to the United States during the Iranian Revolution of ...

Joe Grebe Basic Budget Question
15 December 2017 | 39 replies

This is the most basic budget question.  My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year.  This gives a really good place to start for a budg...

Anne Leger House Hacking in Chicago
8 April 2020 | 30 replies

Hello,I wanted to introduce myself to the wonderful BiggerPockets community. I'm a newbie and want to get more involved in the networking and community aspect of this forum.  I am a 28 year old marketing professional ...

Dean Letfus Do people ever learn? (Memphis market observation).
24 September 2018 | 147 replies

So brief background. I started investing in the USA around 08.  Ended up in Memphis and with the help of a great mentor really got going in that city.   It quickly became obvious that many parts of Memphis were terrib...