Ben Lanman
New Investor from Queens/NYC
Hello Bigger Pockets!My name is Ben, and I'm looking to begin my real estate investing career. I want to use real estate investing to diversify my savings and develop passive income streams, and hope to have fun and l...
Tyson Scheutze
Soliciting Friends and the ABC's of Lead Gen
The early days of Auben homes…
After we sold the Willowood home, I set out to find other homes to flip. Once you start the flipping machine, there’s a pressure to feed the machine a pipeline of properties. And I had ...
Sean McGirr
Biggest noob to join yet! (From Connecticut/NH)
I'm bound to leave a ton of relevant information out so feel free to ask me more questions about myself but here are the basics! I'm a university student at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire but otherwise...
Tramaine Pride
making my first home my first rental property
Hello, I am about to make my first home my first rental prop. We currently are in a townhome we bought because the area rented well. I was able to get 0% down payment financing for our second property which will becom...
Steven Bays
SFH vs MFH
So I have been back and forth on which I would like to start with. SFH have more exit strategies and that is favorable to a first timer but I love the returns on MFH. If I have 20-25% down in cash and credit cards to ...
Joe Edwards-Hoff
Is it Worth Trying a Reverse 1031 Exchange?
So, I just got my offer approved for the purchase of a small 10 unit apartment complex. My wife and I are not big time investors, nor ever plan to be, but we wanted to try to make a modest income from real estate, mos...
Avni Choksi
Recent College Grad
Hello
I graduated college in june 2013 landed a job in a rotational program ( i move every 8 months to a different location for 2 years to understand various aspects of the business)
I currently have n...
Jon C
Second home for us, rental for the kids
My wife and I live in Vancouver WA and are looking for a second home. My wife and I very much want to get our adult daughter and her family into a house but the CU I called told me that we'll need 20% down to quali...
David Levitt
Newbie from Thomaston, GA
Hey Everyone,I first want to thank everyone at biggerpockets for providing helpful and honest insights into REI. In college I worked for a property management company doing maintenance. I loved it and always wanted ...
Nathan Smith
Is college worth it ?
I’m a 17 year old kid just now beginning my investment journey in Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds. I’m currently undecided on whether or not to go to college. Should I get a job, join the service and use VA benefits to ...