Jon W.
Beginning a career in real estate at a young age
Hi I am new to this website and have decided to ask for some advice from people with some experience in the real estate investing business. I am currently a junior in high school and want to start a career in real est...
Justin Williams
Introduction - Aspiring Investor
Hi everyone! I am brand new to the world of real estate investing and am excited to get started and connect with like-minded people! If you don't feel like reading my life story, feel free to scroll down and just chec...
Ruben M.
Won a HUD property. FHA Loan question
This is actually my second HUD home, but I didn't do much research 7yrs ago when I bought my first one. This time I monitored the bid results and did my own analysis for how my local market was doing. The recent avera...
Kelly Russell
How can I sell or buy a distressed home in pre-foreclosure?
Long story short, I am a newbie Realtor with a desire and strong interest in being an investor. My husband's father passed away a couple years ago, leaving behind a house with a 450K mortgage still unpaid on it. My hu...
Kelly Russell
How can I sell or buy a distressed home in pre-forclosure ?
Long story short, I am a newbie Realtor with a desire and strong interest in being an investor. My husband's father passed away a couple years ago, leaving behind a house with a 450K mortgage still unpaid on it. My hu...
Derek Carroll
Picking up rent payment
Those of you that still go door to door to collect rent, why?
I hear of lots of people doing this and just don't get it. Why spend the time? They can mail it, pay online, direct deposit...
Just curious to hear some...
Thomas McNally
Time to dive into full-time REI
This week it was announced that my job site will be permanently closing its doors within the next couple years. My goal has been to go full time into real estate and I have been working as much OT as possible to build...
Josh Koett
Job Switch, Which to choose- Goal is Multi-family Ownership
Hello BP Community, Thank you for reading my post. It may appear a little discombobulated, but I will try and stay on point. I'm thinking about switching careers from construction to either real estate or healthc...
Jason Merchey
Fear of Failure - How Do You Deal?
It has taken me this long to get to Ken McElroy's seminal book, The ABCs of Real Estate Investing. I'm late to the party, I think! But as they say, slow and steady wins the race!Here is a good quote, taken from pp. 14...
Brandon Penn
DON'T FORGET TO SLEEP!!!!!!!!
As obvious as it may seem, REMEMBER TO SLEEP! As real estate investors we tend to go 100%, 100% of the time. You have to remember to take some time for rest. One thing that I have tried the last 6 months is writing ev...