Mike Johnson
Plumber here to learn
Hello everybody.
My name is Mike and I own a plumbing business in Wisconsin. I discovered this website by searching google under "best real estate blogs".
Anyhow, I'm here to ...
Joshua Dorkin
Time to Redesign The BiggerPockets Influence Point System? Your Feedback Please!
Hey guys -
The original purpose of our influence system was to incentivize our members to become active, and to find a way to figure out who those members are that others deem to be influential, credible, and are ove...
Patrick Martone
What can a newbie do to acquire a house in a competitive market
What can a new investor do to acquire a house in a competitive market? Time is on my side as I am currently unemployed, but have cash and a partner with income.
JC Oakley
Intro and path forward
Hello all,TLDR intro- I'm JC. Wife is the surgeon breadwinner. I'm a stay at home dad working to learn how to protect and grow our wealth as we move out of debt and into wealth. Former cop, now doing some acting, day ...
Holden McCord
New here but ready to go.
Hello BP.I currently have a 9 -5 job and i'm looking to make a change. I know that is said a lot, but I often do a lot of studying and searching for what I truly want to do. The job I have is not bad, but I have no fr...
Jeremiah Forrister
1031 Exchange - Residential to Commercial
So, here's a question I have been trying to find an answer to for a few weeks now:I know a gentleman that wants to sell his residential investment property and use a 1031 exchange to purchase a commercial property wit...
Tom Henderson
1031: hold time before I can roll into another property.
Team, looking at doing another 1031 on 2 properties just purchased, renovated and leased-out. The IRS says I need to have 'intent to hold' property. What exactly does that mean? Is it more intent focused to lease and...
John Chapman
Flipped a house and made a bundle and now I want more
Hello. Back in 2013 I bought a distressed house in the right neighborhood and while living in it I used my money from my job to fix it up and 5 years later sold it for triple what I paid for it. I was a good carpenter...
Teri Khimani
New Agent and Advertising
Should a new agent starting out pay for many different marketing tools or just focus on social media?
What is the best way to build up clients? Word of mouth? Networking?
Andrew Lamirande
Qualified Intermediaries
Hello BP! I am looking for some stories of the best and worst experiences that you have had with a qualified intermediary in your 1031 exchanges. I have heard of some lack luster and quite frankly shady intermediaries...