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John Hickey Snake oils, gurus, “investment advisers”, experts. BP can do more
16 September 2019 | 112 replies
If post counts and vote counts don't mean anything because of that argument, wouldn't the same concept apply to guys that do 100 deals for $50 a door and end up bankrupt?
John Hickey Killing it by turning crack dens into safe housing
15 October 2019 | 133 replies
I talk about a lot of what I’ve been developing above...The strategy I detail here has almost bankrupted me a few times so I’m learning to sometimes sit with a property then groom it for sale while I work on the outside problems.  
Nick Rutkowski Are you familiar with how Agents get paid?
25 September 2019 | 13 replies
The business model that gets that right will do very well in the near future, and I hope I work for them.   60% of brokerages with such pay structures go bankrupt every recession.
Aidan Mulligan Explain the hatred of pitbulls
4 May 2019 | 142 replies
They would be bankrupted
Skyler Mckinney Quit My Job now what
24 April 2019 | 80 replies
@Michael EalyHey Michael I’m 23 years old and I want to become an investor, I literally read your story about how you almost went bankrupt over and over again, I even copied and pasted it in my notes, can you please text me via message in this bigger pockets so I can please ask you one very important question that came to mind.
Ryan Pozzi Is it really about not spending the money you make?
20 March 2019 | 109 replies
The reason you keep hearing references to controlling spending is because of simple math:Income-expenses=savingsSavings is what builds net worth, through investing.People say increase income, but no matter how high your income, if your spending is greater, you will go deeper in debt.That is why there are movie stars, athletes and lottery winners who go bankrupt.
Jeff C. Cringeworthy self promotion on BP
31 December 2019 | 126 replies
However, if he claims that he is a billionaire from this stock, but actually is bankrupt, that is a SCAM.
Jay Hinrichs Stock Market what do you think
30 March 2020 | 134 replies
Understanding I am not Nostradamus, Ive already started purchasing, and will continue to dollar cost average down for up to a year if we keep going lower.Im spreading out my purchases among safe dividend stocks I already have positions in where the yield is very attractive like KO, AFL, CL, then making some smaller riskier purchases where there is high upside (but also the possibility of the companies going bankrupt) like Reology, Royal Carribean.
Joe Carter My unfortunate situation
2 April 2020 | 88 replies
If you go bankrupt you’ll probably lose the property anyway.
Kiel Martin Buying homes for cash
28 September 2021 | 133 replies
If you go the route you are suggesting I predict you will either find nothing to buy (if you look in decent areas) or, worse, will end up buying crack houses in war zones that will bankrupt you.