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Investing in 20182017 was a great year for a lot of people when it comes to investing. Crypto currencies values skyrocketed, the stock market soared, and even real estate values were through the roof. With the New Yea...
A few comments over the last several days sparked a thought. Why do I enjoy investing in RE? Money is nice, but in some respects there are probably easier ways to make a living.
For me their have been several aspec...
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I found this chart this evening and couldn't help but think of its implications for real estate investing and state-based economies that set their own laws that impact the nation as a whole. You'll notice that Texas ...
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Hello Everyone,We finally took the plunge into yellow letters after purchasing 5 other properties in various ways. We got the names and addresses from ListSource. Absentee owners. 50%+ equity. Specific area. 1900...
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My home country’s (Canada) cash-on-cash ROI’s not going to cut it for me.... taxes are too high as well labor.On top of that, I feel like I’m romanticizing the West to invest by default, by tradition. There’s a global...
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Hello, Bigger Pockets. Is anyone else interested in teaming up to create an Australia-focused investing group?I am an American living in Australia, with most of my investment portfolio in the United States. Being curr...
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Are you considered a Millionaire if you have a net worth of over 1 million? say if you make maybe 100,000 a year but if you have a sizable Real Estate Portfolio that assessed over Million dollars?
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I've been thinking about taking my short term rental business international but don't necessarily want to go through the hassle of obtaining a visa. Is this even an option? or would this be too much work for little re...
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We are looking into investing in Broken Bow, Ok area. I was knew a few owner/host are on the BP forums, I was curious on how the market is doing in that area at the moment? we are from east Texas so we've frequented t...
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I'm a buy and hold investor with 3 rentals currently which I bought cash and about to BRRRR them. Thinking of my next purchases, ideally I'd buy rentals using financing so I can increase my ROI and acquire more proper...