Sarah Burger
New to Investing in Chicago
I'm taking my first baby steps into Rental investing in Chicago. House hacking will more than likely be how I do the first property. But does anyone have any suggestions for a newcomer?Favorite books?Favorite sites?Di...
Ian Elstrom
New to BP
Hello fellow BPers. I've listened to the podcast for a while now but recently signed up for the forums in an attempt to network more with my fellow Oregonian investors and get back into the REI business. For various r...
Michael B.
New guy from Milwaukee
Hi everyone! A little about me before I was an aspiring investor: I was in the military for a number of years before becoming a military contractor. When the military contract money dried up, I decided it was a good...
Jimmy Petty
Real Estate Investor-Nashville
Hello,My name is Jimmy Petty and I am currently a proprietor/landlord of three properties in Nashville. I manage and rent all properties myself and would like to acquire more rental properties than the 1 per year I am...
Victor Adewunmi
Full Time Job/Part Time Real Estate Agent
Hello BiggerPockets Community,I am gearing up to take my Real Estate exam and looking for advice. Currently, I work weekdays 10:30a to 7p with the immediate goal of starting out first as a part time Real Estate Agent...
Shawn Jacobs
Negotiating with the bank when buying a foreclosure
Hi Everyone, Being new to BP, I thought I would dive in and get involved! One of my previous jobs, before I traded in my dark cubicle and handful of sick days, was as a supervisor of an REO Department, for a large Ban...
Lisa Holloway
What peaked you interest in REI? How did you get started? How did you finance your first deal?
I've had an interest in investing for quite some time. I've bought a rental home with a 80/20 mortgage loan, but then lost both my primary residence and the rental due to medical conditions and making some decisions t...
Chris Goodwyn
Hello from Jacksonville, FL
Good evening --I joined BiggerPockets this afternoon after having listened to the podcast for the past several months. What took so long? Great question. I'm here to learn as much as I can about real estate. It's alwa...
Don Healy
Experienced builder, now it's time to invest in my future
In doing research to plan my path in to real estate investing I read 2 of @Brandon Turner's books, which lead to listening to BP pod casts, and further finds me hear on the forum. I can't thank this community enough t...
Andrew Hamilton
Career Advice! Commercial v Residential
Hello!I've been on BP for a few months now. Never posted or commented just reading. But now I need some advice.Background: I have a double major in Finance and Economics so I like the numbers but I don't like crunchin...