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Hello BP Community!My name is Brandon and I am brand new to Bigger Pockets. Currently I'm a student at The Ohio State University. While I have been in school I have taken an interest in real estate and think it is the...
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How's everyone doing? I started doing real estate investments just about 3 weeks ago. I'm focusing in on pre foreclosures in my neighborhood in hopes of getting ownership of a house for little to preferably no money d...
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Hello all. My name is Jamie Gesswein and my wife is Stacy. We live in Williamsburg Virginia. I am an information security director for a health care organization in Eastern Virginia and an absolute noob to the worl...
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Hey fellow REIs! My name is Patrick O'Neill and I'm a general contractor/handyman and interior painter from Philadelphia, PA who has recently become very interested in real estate investment. Being a long time entrepr...
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Hi everyone! I'd love to hear any advice from more experienced folks regarding my family's current real estate situation. My husband and I bought a duplex in 2017 for $205,000 in Milwaukee, and have about $164,000 lef...
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Hey Bigger Pockets Community,I'm currently being faced with an interesting dilemma and wanted some input. I work an OK 9-5 office job at the moment and have been presented with a few options. I've had an offer of anot...
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Hey all, this is my first post on BP - thanks in advance! This community has been so helpful! I am cashing out of a rental and would like to turn this into some good cash flow. I am debating between multi-fami and STR...
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Hi All! Newbie Investor here........I'm looking for a way to get passive, steady income and I thought a sure-fire way to do that was to start buying and holding. However, I'm also thinking of relocating from Missouri ...
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I just started the the Ultimate Guide to Real Estate Investing by BiggerPockets and find it very insightful! I just completed reading the "finding your niche" section. When you started, how did y'all go about findin...
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Hey all - I have been eyeing Cleveland. I am invested in two other geographic areas. Anyone have some good experience with boots on the ground there, who can share market insights, best areas for long term single fami...