Liz Brumer-Smith
Note Investing Newbie Questions
I've been a note investor now for close to eight years. Investing in mortgage notes is how I got started in real estate investing. As I see the current state of the mortgage industry become more distressed, I realiz...
Ashley Zhang
Loan interest so high, running into the wall now.
Hi All, I felt like being defeated and have no idea how can I make it work. I talked to multiple local banks who told me that base on my loan to debt ratio, I am only qualified for the loan amount of 100k . I am in th...
Stevie Delacruz
Investing too young?
Hey everyone! I’ve recently been stumped on this specific concept and hoping to get a few pointers from some successors. I absolutely love the idea of buy and hold real estate investment properties but I am a 19 year ...
Aldwin De Torres
VERY new REI from San Jose, CA
Hey everyone! This place is amazing! I wish this was around 10 years ago (I'm 33 now). Background: I was always interested in accumulating wealth at a young age, but fell victim to the cookie cutter mentality of 1) go...
Tyler Gebert
How can my mother buy a new home and not sell her current home?
My mother has her current home which she bought for 108k about 4 years ago, her house is now worth around 240k. Her mortgage on the home is around $800 monthly. Here is the situation, she wants to buy a new home and n...
Alan Pederson
Tax person is the devil
Last year the taxes went up on one of our properties and took a big bite out of our earnings. We had a $1,000 house payment and were renting it out to my step-daughter for $1,400 a month. The county increased our taxe...
Eric Mitchell
Real Estate Companies
Hello BP Family. I recently passed my RE test on April 6th. My goal is to own a mortgage brokerage company. California law require that I work under a RE broker for 2 years before becoming a broker myself. I have a fu...
Dustan Marshall
how to keep track of net worth
After reading many books on personal finance, a common recommendation is to keep track of your net worth. I like the idea of this. For me, RE investing is about CASH FLOW to grow and sustain the business and NET WORT...
Matthew Yeoman
When borrowing for investments are you always in debt?
While starting out in real estate, in doing my initial research and listening to the podcasts and such I hear of the hard money lending and private money as well as loans from the bank. My question is while you borrow...
Joe Szymczyk
Lower taxes to the max when selling...depreciation
HelloLooking at personal house and rentals and depreciation...I havent sold yet....I have a few rentals that I have been holding....when it comes to sell...how are you guys lowering taxes to the max?On depreciation......