I've been working on jobs i don't like and aren't paying much. I don't have alot of credit established and i can't qualify for loans. I'm really just frustrated with the process of entering real estate without any cre...
This question is for you older investors out there. Would you have done things differently if you were to start over? Is trading 5-6 years of a JOB worth giving up the dream house? Have you gotten more value throug...
Hello everyone! My name is Paul Volk, I am a newbie investor in the Grand Rapids area. My wife and I bought a condo in 2014 when the market was still pretty low. We saved our pennies and ended up building our dream ho...
Good afternoon Bigger Pockets Nation!!!This post is to finally and formally introduce myself to the BP world. For the past few months I have been avidly listening to the podcasts, reading "final four" book recommendat...
My fiance and I are getting married next year. She currently has a house and I live in my apartment. I currently have enough money for a down payment for a home but I am debating on a few things to do with this money....
Three years ago I posted something on Facebook that I wrote and it came up as a memory today about WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS and working toward them a bit every day. I have a full-time job but I took my own advice and ...
My brothers and I have been in construction for over 20 years now and we hold, between us, a Florida General Contractors License and a Florida Excavation and Underground utility contractors license. When the crash hap...
Hi everyone I am new to BiggerPockets and real estate. I hold a degree in finance and am working towards an MBA so I am not totally clueless. I recently gave up a dream job traveling the world as a snowboard instructo...
Last year I got my real estate license and started listening to BiggerPockets pretty obsessively. A friend asked me what my dream job was and with very little thought or hesitation I said "Real Estate Investor".
The...
I started my first real career as a firefighter in Big Spring, TX in 2013. I was a 20 year old kid with no formal education, just looking to make ends meet. In January of 2016, I got hired as a firefighter in m...