Justin Howe
First Deal Closed - $17k Profit in Less Than Four Weeks
Hi BP,On January 5, 2015 my partner and I put our first property under contract. On January 30, 2015 we closed the transaction and made $17k total profit. This thread will detail how we found the deal, obstacles we ov...
Ryan Ellis
Easy way to estimate costs
Can someone suggest a good way to estimate repair costs, or should I just stick with quotes from multiple contractors?
Joshua Dorkin
What Are Your 2007 Real Estate Goals?
We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...
Paul E. Drecksler
I put websites on top of Google for a living. Ask me anything.
Hi BiggerPockets Community - I'm Paul and like the title says, I put websites on top of Google for a living. What questions can I answer for you about that?I'm a newly addicted real estate investor, and I've been list...
Tyler Jahnke
Investing in Indianapolis! Best Neighborhoods?
Hello BiggerPockets Indiana Community!What are some of the best B and C neighborhoods in Indianapolis for investing? And WHY? I'd love to hear your take on the city.Thanks!Tyler
Tommy Desmond
OH NO! NOT DETROIT!
Hello BiggerPockets community! I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone in advance for all the care and considerable knowledge that's been put into this site. It's an incredibly powerful resource that I've lurke...
Joshua Dorkin
How do we get the lurkers to sign up and join BiggerPockets?
This came up in another thread and I thought it worth having its own discussion.
What do you think would encourage those people who come and read the site (available to non-members) to sign up and participate?
Ideas...
Joshua Dorkin
Ultimate Guide to Tenant Screening & Renting Your House
We just completed one of the more important guides for landlords and I thought it important that we make it visible here on the forums. These are both MUST-READS!
Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
At over 5,000+ ...
Joshua Dorkin
Updating the BiggerPockets Influence System
Hey All -
One of our upcoming projects is to update our influence system to one that better reflects a user's influence on the site.
We will be transforming the system from the current limitless influence scale to a...
Noah Brinker
Too Many Carrot Websites
I’ve been taking a look around my market and see tons of lead websites built by the popular site builders. Typically these websites from carrot and propeller have a lot of good strategies for helping people find your ...