Sid Franklin
Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy). Property taxes are already high, but ...
Hannah Paitchel
New Investor Trying to Find a Market
Hi Everyone!
I'm new to Bigger Pockets and have spent the last 6 months listening to the podcast, reading investing books and talking to friends who are all interested in the same stuff. I now am at the perfect tim...
Troy Forney
Future problems for investors....................................
Maybe its just me..... Being in the Real Estate Business for 20 plus years, I am started to see some similarities of the last bubble. Now I am not saying we are in a bubble. I don't know. They are a lot of factors...
Brenden Mitchum
Seller's Agent Demanding I Stop Speaking w/Seller
Hey everyone,So I am under contract on this deal without a buyer's agent. I found the deal through the MLS and got out there quick to check it out. My first point of contact was the seller's agent but when I went out ...
Rousner E.
I want to get into marijuana
Good evening, I have been looking around at pieces of land in West Tennessee but I am now thinking I should expand into any of the 50 states. I want to buy a parcel of land and lease it out to a company to grow pot/we...
Clayton Hepler
Infinite Banking, Is it cut out to what it is said to be?
Does anyone have serious experience with using the Infinite Banking Concept or Bank on yourself concept to invest in real estate? The only people I talk to that love it are trying to sell me policies.I am having diffi...
John Apple
Buyers purchased a house with another agent behind my back
I have buyers who I spent the last 3 months driving all over the county showing properties to. We recently took a ‘pause’ as they paid off debt to get a higher preaproval. Then, yesterday I came across a Facebook phot...
Rick H.
Desperate non-performing note buyers beware! More hurdles ahead
Federal policy makers want to keep you from buying and profiting from openly traded non-performing notes (NPN). The bias is against private investors who purchase 1st and 2nd mortgages of delinquent homeowners in favo...
Jeff S.
Old timer investors. Are you going to be one?
The two investors I knew growing up kept at it their entire lives. Here is an article about a local Portland guy that is a legend in RE. Do you plan on investing forever?
Joe Weston unplugged
Published: Monday, Novem...
Kimberly H.
Rejecting the pain in the butt applicant without getting sued
So we all agree obvious PITA applicants are to be avoided. To those more experienced out there, how do you reject them without them claiming discrimination and suing you? I'd like to tell this applicant that "I'm rent...