Mehran K.
"What If" Section 8 Were No More
Hey there community!
I'm closing on a property tomorrow and I'll be inheriting a Section 8 tenant. I always like to think about possible "What If" scenarios and it's got me thinking. I ponder, how would it af...
JR Rivas
Avoid single family as a new investor?
Hey all!
I’m a relatively new investor & I was talking to some buddies and they basically told me to avoid single family like the plague because if one person leaves you’re at 100% vacancy.
What do you guys thin...
Wesley Wong
Dilemma: Own our own place or start investing
My wife and I both work and have no kids. We live in Seattle, Washington, where the market is really hot right now. We started looking for our own place back in October, but have yet to land anything. We've put in som...
Austin Shade
Rent To Retirement How Does It Really Work?
Hi there, My name is Austin I’m new to the Bigger Pockets world and I’m looking to buy my first property this year within the next 6 months if possible. I’m 23 years old I’ve been saving money for a property since I w...
Aaron Arnold
What’s your maximum number for single family homes?
I realize this is a totally subjective question but I’m going to ask it anyways. What’s the magic number for single family homes? How many is too many? How many for maximum efficiency? What’s the most you could self m...
Peter MacKercher
Lease Options SAFE Act and Dodd Frank
http://www.realtor.org/topics/seller-financing/the...http://www.cnbc.com/id/47075854#.I dont see how a lease option violates this.
Shawn Ziegaus
Why do a lot of people say stay away from property managers
I am new to real estate investing. So please forgive any wording that is incorrect in this post. But, a lot of people I have talked to say to stay away from property managers and mange the properties yourself. Yet on ...
Chet Hingle
Return on Investment - What's a minimum?
If I spend 50k on a rental, and I want to do absolutely nothing to earn profit, what is the bare minimum annual % return I should expect. I thought it was 10%. Opinions welcomed.
Steve K.
Is Creative Financing Becoming the New Subprime Lending?
Rising interest rates have hurt everyone’s buying power (except cash buyers obviously), and inventory is locked up because nobody wants to move and give up their historically-low interest rate. Word on the street is ...
Josh Calcanis
Life Insurance as Financing?
BP,I was speaking with a friend of mine who recently began working for a financial group. She mentioned that she had a few clients that had use their overfunded life insurance policy as financing for a deal. Basically...