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Emanuel Ohunwu Investing security deposits in the stock market.
7 March 2020 | 27 replies
The funds never hit the landlord's account, and should the landlord ever go bankrupt the tenant's money is safe because it's in the tenant's name, after all.  
Zihan Huang Finding my intro to real estate investing
18 November 2022 | 22 replies
So, you can make money and learn invaluable lessons with a HH, but it's typically a much lower risk strategy than BRRR'ing, flipping, out of state investing, or wholesaling--which are strategies that (when executed poorly) can easily bankrupt a beginner.Moreover, house hacking can be very lucrative, and there are multi-millionaires who built their fortunes on repetitive house hacking!
Kai Sato-Franks Dave Ramsey recommends buying everything with cash!
30 April 2024 | 140 replies
His over leverage in real estate bankrupted him, so he switched strategies and became a financial salesman.
Melanie Stephens Seeking “Biggest Mistake/Lessons Learned” Stories for BP Magazine
5 August 2020 | 97 replies
After all, I'm in this to make a better life, not to go bankrupt
Account Closed Is the Real Estate market really not going to take a hit?
31 October 2020 | 392 replies
Companies are going bankrupt.
Anibal Mijangos Is STR Arbitrage still a good opportunity?
9 September 2024 | 28 replies
There were a lot of bankrupt arbitragers over the last 2 years.
Nick Ritter Student loan Pay off or another investment property? advise
9 July 2018 | 9 replies
Definitely, I just don't like debt that is permanent if that makes sense, If I don't want a property I can sell it. student loans on the other hand are forever they'll never go away even if you go bankrupt.
Raul Sai P Remote owner challenge with Rentals getting consistently trashed
15 December 2023 | 77 replies
I had one just over 740 fico who had over $100k in revolving debt, and when I reviewed bank statement and income I noticed things didn't add up so i asked and applicant confirmed she was bankrupt, had been using 1 card to pay on another for months and was just about to file BK because there is no way could ever pay it off, but "don't worry, I will always pay rent, I won't pay the other bills but I'll pay rent" lol. 
Andrew Holmes Million Dollar Lawsuit Chicago - Out Of State Investors Horror
15 April 2016 | 4 replies
Please don’t take this house from me and bankrupt me.
Michael Lowe Why are my friends so against me investing in Real estate?!
26 February 2020 | 191 replies
Let me ask you this...Would you take financial advice from someone who is bankrupt?