Michael Lopez
Is It Time Time To Use My Savings To Buy Real Estate?
I am embarrassed to confess this, but I guess transparency would be the key to my future success toward anything that may resemble a retirement plan. I will be 49 years old this year and I would suppose that it would ...
Account Closed
Would you invest in the most Dangerous cities in America? Ranked
Seems some places are better to invest in than others.
Where does the line between profit and risk cross?
50. Rochester, New York - 748 violent crimes per 100,000
49. West Palm Beach, Florida ...
Thomas Handy
It's June 1, what have you done lately?
I've been extremely busy lately with work, coaching, and working on a few deals. And preparing to move at the end of the month.
My teeball team lost last night but it was a great season. I saw kids make a lot of ...
Marc C.
The NEW Dodd-Frank-exempt Lease Option Concept
The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...
Justin Gottuso
How to sell a unique property (ADU duplex in Los Angeles)
Hello! My wife and I bought a 3 bed 1 bath well maintained sfh in a great area of LA four years ago as the market was rising. Both sets of parents contributed to the down payment. Then California passed the law legali...
Brian H.
Flood insurance $7000, on a $70,000 house?? Need advice please
All,
I have owned a single-family home in West Virginia for 11 years, and have operated it as a rental for most of that time. I decided to get rid of it year and finally got it locked up under contract with a...
Kenneth McKeown
Analyze this deal; any help appreciated!
Let me know what you think as my potential first investment! 4-Plex Purchase Price: 200kCurrently tax appraised at 218k3% downpaymentTotal Loan Amount: 194,000Texas Teacher Heros Grant: 4% or 7,760PITI: 1729/month (10...
Katie Miller
What's the best recession investing advice you've received so far
Hello! I'm looking for a few quotes for a future issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. Do you want to be featured in our next edition? If so, please answer the following question and I may use your name, city, and s...
Spencer Gray
Rent Control: Investing in California just became less attractive
This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...
Aariff Kadar
CA - how are you guys achieving cash flow
Hello investors in CA,Just wondering, how are you guys getting cash flow after so much investment and most of the rent goes to mortagage itself.I live in corona, average home price is $570K and rent will be approximat...