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14 June 2007 | 6 replies
It is easy to take photos that make a place look bigger, or nicer, than it truly is.
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11 October 2007 | 3 replies
In some cases this has worked so well I've had landlords reduce the rent so I wouldn't move out [I needed to move because I needed a bigger place or needed to relocate]!
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1 June 2007 | 7 replies
So it was almost impossible to price yourself out of a market that was appreciating at +40% rate.You have to look at the bigger picture in the book to get the most out of it.I took at look at his new book today, forget what its called.
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14 September 2006 | 5 replies
I think women in general would give you a much bigger hassell because they expect so much and want to give so little.
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16 September 2006 | 4 replies
I have been going on bigger pockets site for a while but have never posted.
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19 September 2006 | 4 replies
My girlfriend bought it last year, and now we are getting married and moving into a bigger home, so this one has kinda fallen into our laps.
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23 September 2006 | 18 replies
Then something strange happen...other day I Searched for Bigger Pockets because I forgot to bookmark it and when I clicked your link it in yahoo...it redirected me to some wacky search site.....
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22 September 2006 | 3 replies
I know someone is going to quote a recent (either "Business Week" or "Fortune") magazine article showing huge appreciation, particularly in the bigger cities; DFW, HOU, SAT, AUS, HOWEVER, no one has ever shown me the methodology used in that study and everything I've looked at in those markets changes when you BACK THE NEW CONSTRUCTION out of the equation.In my local market the appraisal district tried to jack our numbers up and I protested.
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29 September 2006 | 10 replies
You could start to research bigger, high end residential projects or consider commercial projects.3) meeting like-minded people, there aren't many of us-There here, they are just lurking in the shadows.4) getting the word out about what I am doing.
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14 April 2007 | 10 replies
I feel like I could read Bigger Pockets a million times a month by myself!