Joe Au
Use HELOC to paydown mortgage fast
I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?
Quinton Slay
Trying to help my girlfriend/ fiancee get the big picture
My girlfriend and I are trying to buy a 4 family home in Rhode Island. We want to live in a unit and rent the other three units (House hacking). My girlfriend seems to not understand why we need to house hack opposed ...
John Lyszczyk
Why is Lumber so Expensive?
I noticed some BiggerPockets members asking about the rising cost in lumber and plywood, and given my background, I figured I wood (haha) weigh in on this subject. I currently work for a lumber company and I primarily...
Kai Van Leuven
When will Real Estate Fail?
I spent a few years in the mid west in little towns that mined lead. At one time, the real estate investors there probably thought “we use lead for everything, no way it could fail as a commodity. If I hold onto this ...
K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
Danny Maller
What to do about groups of people loitering around my building?
I'm a month into house hacking my 3 unit and I can't get people to rent because of the crowd of random people hanging out on the side walk between my place and the liquor store just north of me. I never saw anyone out...
Mary Ann Casey
Tenant Causes $14k Damage to IN Rental Property
Thank goodness for BiggerPockets! Hoping you can help me with an issue I have on a tenant-damaged rental property.
The property is in Indianapolis IN and managed by a Property Management company; I live in California...
Nick Quarandillo
I hate College, I’m ready for real estate.
How do I get started I just want to drop out of college and get myself going on in the real estate world.
Omar Cantu
Failure to launch, no luck so far
Hi, I'm 23 yrs old and have been trying to get started in real estate investing. But no luck. I know this wasn't going to be easy but it almost feels impossible. I finally tried to get pre qualified for a loan of abou...
Eric Fernwood
Corona Virus Impact to Las Vegas Market
Today we sent our investors a special update on the impact of Coronavirus to the Las Vegas market. I thought it would be helpful to share it here.
There are multiple canceled events and conferences. Hotel occupancy i...