Bao Nguyen
Financial independence from passive rental income: how long does it take?
Like many other real estate investor, I seek to buy and hold real estate, and enjoy the cash flow and any possible appreciation. However, since my target properties are lower end properties that often requires rehab...
Steve S.
Where are the real investors? Any one know?... Bueller... Bueller
BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...
James Hiddle
Flip Men on Spike TV
Flip Men on Spike TV
For those who don't know what it's about,it's about 2 men who buy properties sight unseen,rehab flip them and sell them for profit much like the earlier flip shows only difference is that they bu...
Mark Robertson
Real Estate Crowdfunding Investment Ratings
I am a member of a private email group that is realizing the potential of how I envisioned a due diligence website would help investors. The plan was accredited investors could share due diligence on crowdfunding deal...
Belinda R.
Newbie Can't sell Flip!
BL: Purchased HUD property Dec 2013 for $32k, rehab costs and expenses were$34k. thats 66k cash of my own money in the deal. The good thing is that I dont have any holding costs other than utilities and property taxes...
Norman Perkins
Hard Money Loans with down payment requirement?
I was recently searching for a hard money lender in Florida and came across a company that requires a 10% down payment. I have in the past dealt with hard money lenders and never heard of a down payment requirement...
Ashish D.
Why are Tax Liens and Tax Deeds documented evil on this website
I've read through hundreds of post on this website about Tax Liens and Tax Deeds, and almost every single one is discouraging investing into it stating myriad of different problems and nuances. However, when you searc...
Jalen Chanthaboury
Dropped Out of College
Greetings BP,So I’m 19 years old, from the Chicagoland area and I’ve decided to drop out of community college couple of weeks ago. I realized that a traditional education wasn’t for me and it would hold me back from a...
Matt Lefebvre
Are real estate degrees worth it?
Hello everyone!
I come here asking a rather important question that pertains to me personally. My big question is, is it worth going to college for a real estate degree if planning on being a full-time invest...
Joshua Dorkin
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