Toyin Dawodu
Buy and Hold, Does It Really Make Sense?
I was once a buy and hold investor. Then one day, my light was turned off by the power company, in the house I lived in.How could that happen? I had 40 houses, but I was always robbing Peter to pay Paul. Edison, the p...
Michael Norwood
$20K Monthly Cash Flow - The Challenge is On! Seeking Your Guidance
Hey BiggerPockets family!
My wife and I (mid-40s) are motivated W2 earners with a rental property under our belts, eager to expand our real estate portfolio and create significant passive income. We've set ambitious ...
Account Closed
How Investing in the Stock Market Saps Your Wealth
Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...
Christopher Radecke
Seeking structural engineer, etc referrals to consult about walls
Hi all!Could you please refer a structural engineer or someone who could help to determine whether walls are load bearing or non-load bearing. In our live in flip, we are interested in adjusting the layout, expanding ...
John Arendsen
VRBO's vs Air B&B's? Your thoughts and experiences?
Anyone have any hands on experience as guests/clients or your own vacation rental investments?I'm anxious to hear from folks who've had personal hands on experience with both. We will be expanding our vacation propert...
Christopher Davis
Analyzing homes on the market, numbers never work.
I get that BP is selling the sizzle a bit. I have been studying and studying. But no matter what, I simply cannot make the numbers work.
I am in a still-affordable-yet-booming metropolitan market in the southeast. Th...
Jeff Brower
My first Duplex- FHA House Hack Case Study with Tips
I have now been living in my FHA-purchased duplex for 6 months, and I wanted to share the story to encourage those who have been waiting on the sidelines stuck trying to figure out how to get started. If you read the ...
Kevin S.
What to do with $1,000,000.00?
I wonder what do someone approaching retirement do with $1,000,000.00? Buy a single property with cash and have about $65,000/yr in cash flow or use it for DP on a $4,000,000.00 property? Would the cash flow be the ...
Dan Wentworth
GC referrals to replace main support beam
ISO contractor referrals to replace main support beam under house with termite damage. House is in downtown Jeffersonville & has basement & crawlspace. I seem to having difficulty getting anyone to call me b...
Frank Jiang
Do I need to replace support beam?
A house I'm looking at has some stress in its internal support and I'm unsure of what's causing the problem. I know basically nothing about this sort of issue. Possible culprits are the house had an addition built o...