I'm a newbie, and I feel the BRRRR is an advanced strategy.

Hi BP'rs, I don't have a good sense of how the interest rate cut today will affect me as a new investor looking for my first deal... will it start to drive up prices of homes in areas i'm looking at as money gets chea...

Newbie investor here looking to do my first actual investment purchase.

As a complete newbie, I would have went full steam ahead with that $25k and bought something. 

However hope for the sake of the newbie that BP finds their path again.  

I’m a newbie in the real estate realm and look forward to connecting and sharing ideas across the world.

Appreciation is a bit riskier since it depends on factors we can't always control, such as school levies passing, business success, crime reduction, etc.In my opinion, it’s hard as a newbie to jump into appreciation properties, as they require a lot more initial capital to acquire.

Hey BP! This is my first post. I'm totally new to REI. I live in WA State and the numbers in my home market don't look great for me, so I'm looking out of state at SFH's and trying to nail down a city/market to get st...

Mindy, I'd recommend one more podcast requirement:6 - You must have been in the Real Estate business for at least 10 years.Sorry, but I don't care how many deals they've done, if they haven't lived through at least 1 full Real Estate cycle, then they are a newbie and should not be giving advice on a podcast.

All of this can be pretty scary for a newbie, so just hearing from people who have been successful is very motivational and inspires me to keep going.Your story sounds very similar to where I'd want to be in the not too distant future.