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Hello everyone. I am a new member to the bp website as well as an inspiring real estate investor. I am a father of three, married and a full time employee of a manufacturing plant in my area. I dream of financial inde...
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Rumor has it that Tesla is planning on something larger at that site. They filed the necessary environmental docs to expand beyond just car manufacturing there. Interesting stuff. https://www.bizjournals.com/au...
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Hey everyone! My name's Alex and I've decided to stop waiting around. I'm taking the plunge on a life long dream of developing my real estate investment portfolio. I'm located in the Houston area, I live up in Montgom...
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Hello,My name is Matthew I am currently employed at a local company, looking to leave my w2 job in the next two years. Reason being I just do not see myself ever being able to retire and live comfortably. With Always ...
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Would just like to say hello from West Virginia. I'm new to this site and hope to eventually network with some of you guys on some future business. I'd like to change the perception of West Virginia to the out State...
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Hey, I am 17 and am very interested in a future in commercial real estate investing. I am currently interning for a friend of mine that owns a real estate investment company and am learning at a very slow pace due to ...
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After two years of researching, listening to BP podcasts, many trips to the library, making countless spreadsheet tools for analysis, untold amount of time in thought, finally made our first offer on an investment pro...
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I am seeing tons of new investors from all over the place coming into the market place all in search for the lifestyle of their dreams and mainly FREEDOM and see many investors that get stuck in the grind only to be ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $152,000
Cash invested: $152,000
My second investment: a new construction home that I went into contract January of...
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Hi BPI'm interested in what sites are recommended to become familiar with help in researching a market area. My strategy, fyi, is to flip properties initially, and then migrate to rentals down the line. Some metrics I...