Hi all! Would love some input — what would you do in our shoes? My husband and I are new to real estate investing and would love some outside perspective. We're in kind of a unique situation that there may be creative options we haven’t thought of, so any ideas are welcome! Our situation: We’re A...
Asking a random question. Has anyone ever borrowed a portion of their 401k plan through employer, to acquire an income producing property for a house hack? Is it a smart decision or bad one?
An agent told me he'd worked so hard for two weeks. He hadn't closed a single conversation. He said it like it was a badge of honor. I asked him to show me what he'd actually been doing. He pulled up Claude. Then ChatGPT. Then a system he'd been building for two weeks straight — formatting templa...
Hello! I'm Lynn. My husband and I are health providers and rookie real estate investors. Prior to our wedding this year, we each purchased a multi-family (2 units each, 4 doors total between the 2 of us). This helped us benefit from the first time homebuyer programs that were available to us. I w...
Airbnb’s current review-removal process is deeply unfair to hosts. In the past, a host could speak with someone at Airbnb and explain why a review violated the company’s policies. Now, in my experience, hosts are directed to submit a written request. If that request is denied, they receive only o...
I’m a newer investor trying to get started with a house-hack but I’m stuck on the down-payment side and could use some strategy ideas. My W-2 job requires me to live within about 30 minutes of the hospital in Portland, Maine, so I’m locked into that radius. Prices in that area feel high relative ...
Hey everyone, I’m Gavin Yarborough. Excited to be joining the BiggerPockets community and learning from those who have been doing this for a while. A little background on me: I’m 22 years old and an incoming D1 dental student at the University of New England. I was selected for the HPSP scholarsh...
My business partner and I bought a 5+ acre parcel of land in a Portland, ME suburb about ten years ago. My partner put up 75% and I put up 25% of the purchase and closing costs. Over the course of ten years I have paid all the realesstate taxes on the property and as a result the percentage of mo...