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My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

Hey guys I noticed I haven't been as active here on Bigger Pockets because of my real estate work. I've really started to change my mindset of how I spend my time and where it is best spent. A gentleman who is very ac...

Forgive me if this seems naive, but what is the real benefit of having cash when investing in real estate vs. being able to obtain financing? Specifically 500k-1m of cash. Would it be best to use that to buy a forecl...

I am an engineer working 9-5 in San Jose, CA. I just started looking for cash-flow turnkeys out-of-state, really cannot find good cash-flowing investment in state near where I live. One of the markets I have looked ...

The goal of this discussion is not to push any negativity among private lending operations that have started over the past few years. In fact, "mine is one of them". What we want to do is identify and explain how quic...

Would you consider college to be essential when going into a field such as real estate?

Hello BP friends, I just love reading all the wonderful content on this site! I can literally spend hours reading and soaking in all the great stories and advise from so many awesome members. Before I share my recent...

Hey all! I'm trying to learn about real estate and have a pretty basic question:What are the differences in returns of privately owning a home and renting vs. investing the money in a real estate syndication. Are thes...