Hello BP Members! I write a regular column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on people's "Biggest Mistakes" in real estate. Do you have a "mistake" story and lessons you learned from it? I'd love to hear it! (Thanks t...

10 months ago I was driving up and down every road in this new town of Iron Mountain MI trying to get a feel for the quality of the neighborhoods and characteristics of the market. I still had a few weeks of college l...

I day traded currency futures in a past life and always kept an online journal to keep me accountable, share what I was doing with the community and have a little bit of fun.  Even 10+ years later, I enjoy reading bac...

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lindsay.
Purchase price: $8,000My first deal,a nice little gem. After a long year of study and preparation the time has come. Let the rehab gam...

Hello fellow BPer's after listening many podcast I've finally figured out how I'll try to get into this real estate game. It's been a harder then excepted task because every podcast there is a new idea or way you thin...

Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's  “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...

My team leader Dave receives guru advice from a couple of different guys. One in particular is a guy named Jay Conner from the The Private Money Authority. In our attempt to find private money, we came accross Marty B...

The braggable joys of a primo location. The convenience of being able to walk to get your soy latte or see that indie film from the Czech Republic. The frustration of multiple bids. The cost.
Buying in the city comes...

Every morning when you wake up in the RE jungle you have to look out your tent to the right and then to the left to see if the coast is clear of lurking tenant or rehab issues. Then you race out the door as fast as yo...

Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Richmond.

Purchase price: $37,000

Cash invested: $90,000

Sale price: $238,000

Complete major rehab. Added double dormer bu...