Carla Mastrangelo
Pmi removal
hi,I am about to make an offer on a condo and am trying to determine the details of my financing which includes PMI. The offer I'm making is $228,600 (listing price 239k). My location is downtown Austin, so an excelle...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets Founder on 100 Most Influential Real Estate People List!
I just learned that I made a list of the 100 Most Influential and Interesting People Online in Real Estate, put together by one of the more respected figures in the biz, author Stefan Swanepoel. It is my pleasure to ...
Blake Jessee
Young, Motivated, and Go-Getting Newbie!
Hello all!
My name is Blake Jessee and I'm ecstatic to have finally joined Bigger Pockets forums! I have listened to Brandon and Josh's podcast for quite sometime, but never really got around to creating an account u...
Gary Dobbs
New BP member in Chicago Illinois
Hello BP commnity!
My name is Gary Dobbs and I am here to learn more about the investment management business of multifamily buildings. Experience working in brokerage and architecture services has drawn a desire fro...
Henley H.
Realtor told the appraiser about backup offers- ethical?
Our real estate agent mentioned to the appraiser (prior to the appraisal) that their was a backup offer 'well above asking'. She also mentioned that there had been a number of offers that exceeded asking price.She ha...
Mike G.
Anyone a student of the late Jack Miller?
Any one in here a student of the teachings of the late and great Jack Miller? has anyone read this guys books?Amazing stuff. Has anyone been influenced in their real estate career by what this guy did in his? Love to ...
Sean Patrum
Broker questions before making the decision to work for them
So as I have sat in the classrooms and had different brokers come in and pitch our class on their brokerages I hear the same answers. "Circle of Influence," "What the split will be?" "Desk Fees," What support they off...
Jairo Ortega
REI Nomenclature Equity vs Cash vs % Ownership
I’m trying to sort out some finance nomenclature and how it relates in partnerships. I understand that in a typical capital stack, when financing a property, you’ve got debt and equity. For example, if you get an 80% ...
Dominik Hergeth
Property managers, what is the biggest challenge you are facing in your day to day?
Dear BiggerPockets community,
My name is Dominik and I’m a software developer in my free time. Besides this, rather boring, pastime of writing code, I also happen to be extremely passionate about real estate, more s...
Russell Joseph
Hello from Australia
Hi, my name is Russell from Melbourne Australia and as a builder I have been interested in Real Estate for my entire working life.
We own 10 buy and holds, with little negative cashflow and are looking to pick up an...