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Hey everyone,We are a young family (8yo and 10yo), and are looking to move to the Twin Cities. My wife's sister lives in town and we want to join them. We also want to take the opportunity to start investing, and hous...
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Hey BP! My name is Josh West and I am relatively new to the Portland Metro Area. My only background in RE is when I started the Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program at PSU last fall. I become interested in...
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Hello everyone! I work full-time as a general contractor and have my Residential Building Contractor and Residential Real Estate Broker licenses in Minnesota. From 2011-2014 I flipped roughly 30 houses, so I have a so...
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Hello everybody, was curious to get some general insight / varying opinions from seasoned investors about real estate investing strategies as they relate to my particular situation. (Also not opposed to very specific ...
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Hello my name is duke and I'm new to this app and site. Though I have read the whole book of bigger pockets real estate and I am interested in becoming a part of real estate. I have made a few plans but I want to foll...
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Hey BPers,I have heard or read countless investors say on podcasts and forum posts that they cash out, refinanced to pull out the equity to purchase another deal. My question is once someone does the refi are they typ...
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I have two questions for lease options
1. How do you pay the seller, if their working with a realtor? I know you can structure the deal to pay the realtor their commission up front but how do you pay the seller to ...
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Good Morning BP Community,I have noticed a lot of Multi-Family Properties are coming to the market here in South Florida. I would like to get some thoughts on this. Pre-Covid, there was a lack of inventory, now the in...
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So I am where so many other people have been and are today. I have struggled most of my working life to make ends meet until one day I had enough! I decided to try to go into business for myself and break the 9 to 5...
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Hello Everyone!I am new to bigger pockets and I am hoping some wiser community members can share some insight. After recently rewatching the 200th bigger pockets podcast I realized I might just be ready to make a move...