Hi everyone,My name is Andrew and I am a junior finance major with a real estate concentration at Samford University.

The area might just be extra popular at this time.

Honestly, it’s a mix of research, persistence, and having real conversations with owners.

It's a single mom with one cute toddler that works her butt off to raise her kid, hold a full-time job, and go to school at night.

Technology continues to redefine real estate.

Here's a small tip for new investors that I was never told about real estate investing.I purchased two properties in 2024 and early this week I got a text from my tenant that they received mail for me at the rental.

AI is becoming a game-changer in real estate, and one of the coolest ways we use it at DealMachine is to analyze property images to detect signs of distress—straight from Google Street View.Instead of relying on manually spotting potential deals, our AI can scan publicly available images and flag properties with indicators like:✅ Overgrown grass✅ Boarded-up windows✅ Roof damage✅ Neglected exteriorYou make the list and you tell AI to look at the images in your list.This makes finding distressed properties way faster and more automated, helping investors focus their efforts on leads with the highest potential.AI also summarized your conversations with sellers in the DealMachine dialer, takes notes, and tells you what to say during the conversation.Hope this helps!

We want to start slowly investing in real estate.

Hello all, my husband(42) and I(36) are brand new real estate investors.

@Blake Johnson If investors want to divide real estate holdings without triggering a large tax bill, the biggest challenge is that transferring assets out of a corporation is typically treated as a taxable sale at fair market value.