Chad Carson
How will you use real estate to retire early?
Hi fellow BP members. I'm helping Bigger Pockets work on a project about using real estate investing to retire early (aka achieve financial independence).Would you mind taking a brief survey (mostly multiple choice &a...
Mike H.
Landlords getting stiffed by sba EIDL program.
I'm sure many people have submitted for the EIDL loan which includes the grant money that was supposed have been 10k. Many people are starting to receive emails from the sba stating that the grant amount is now going...
Jim Rusco
Rookie in West Michigan
Hi, my name is Jim Rusco. After many years in the “Rat Race”(public school teacher, engineer), I am looking for a way out. I currently work in manufacturing as an engineer. I would like to build a portfolio for passiv...
Matthew Cole
Closing on units 7 and 8 this weeks
Just thought I'd share. I'm closing on my next property which is a 2-unit this week. This will bring my total number of units to 8. I started investing in May of 2013.
When I started to invest my personal goals were...
Matt Schaum
Possible seller finance
I have a single family house under contact for 60K. The house needs 100K rehab roughly. I have cash for the home purchase and some of the rehab, but not all. I explored hard money lenders and they need 10% down, 3 poi...
Arty Fresh
Cashing out early on life insurance ?
I am not sure if I read it here on BP or somewhere else but I remember reading somewhere that people would get life Insurance and wait 1-2 years and then cash out $250-500k in one shot.Anyone heard anything about this
Wes Mccullar
Brand new to BP. First post
Hello Bigger Pockets. I am brand new here and excited about learning. My wife and I are committed to starting our investing journey in 2021. I am an operating partner & General Manager for a very large automotive ...
Jason Schubert
Question about managing finances.
Hello everyone! Wow do I wish I knew about bigger pockets sooner!I just became a pro member and am loving the wealth of knowledge available here!I am looking for some advice/help. I currently own 4 single family prope...
Brian Mansfield
New and Looking for Advice
I'm in the Baltimore market looking for my first deal. I've been doing research, and have my eye on a few properties which have been on the market for awhile as potentially being good deals, one being two houses down ...
Diane Caballa
How should a HELOC to buy an out-of-state rental?
Hi all,I'm pre-approved for a 122k HELOC for a 30 year fixed rate at 8.5%. Should I take this out to buy an investment property, functioning like an "all cash" purchase or should I use it as a down payment for a more ...