I'm so thankful to be here learning from this platform.  I grew up framing/building houses with my dad and family, so I have much experience in that area.  I now want to get into real estate investing.  I have a good ...

Hello, My name is Neal Richardson, President of Dream Builders 4 Equity ("DB4E").  DB4E is a nonprofit organization that teaches at-risk high school students about real estate investing and development.  The students ...

I just enrolled in my companie's 403B tax deferered retirement "match" program. I don't plan to wait that long to retire. I am serious about using real estate as a tool to escape the life of being a paid slave. I just...

Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...

Greetings everyone.As some of you know, I'm building a new house in San Jose, documented here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/154... , which scheduled to be finished in a couple of months.  So I'm itch...

Hey everyone,
So from my understanding of how a detached ADU is appraised, is by comparing similar properties with detached ADUs that have recently sold in the area, but there aren't much homes with detached ADUs to ...

So we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and decided to go to plan "B" which was to reconstruct their government. Now we have a possible real threat in Iran. Is it real or is someone crying wolf again? Ca...

Just a quick disclaimer.  This is a really long post.  Also I am also now employed by a self storage operator so my opinion is probably is not objective.I was a professional sale person who "retired" on 3/31/2018 to l...

Hi BP Community,I notice this question has been asked a couple of times before with no response but I'm hoping since then, new members have joined BP that may have experience in this area.  I have a seller who wants t...

I have a small residential portfolio which I have enjoyed and would like to continue to grow. Commercial investing has always interested me, although I have heard its a much different animal. I have a residential lice...