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Hello! I just wanted to take a second to THANK YOU ALL! I’ve been following the forums for about six months now, but have not posted (or even made a profile) until recently. Really though, I don’t say this lightly. Yo...
Hey all, my name is Brendan and I am 17 years old. I have been interested in real estate investing for quite some time now but as I am only 17 I haven't had the opportunity to get out in the field and try it out. I ha...
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I recently networked with successful property owners and real estate agents who helped navigate my desire for owning property and recommended different tools I could use to help strengthen my knowledge in this field. ...
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For anyone trying to access the site over the past 4 hours, you noticed that we were completely offline. We had a massive crash to the servers and are still working on a long-term fix, but we're at least up temporari...
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Hi BiggerPockets, I am looking to finance a deal for a single family home through a LLC that I am setting up which seems pretty straightforward. I am using a hard money lender but do not have all the money myself so ...
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I guess it's a little bit of a tradition to post to the success stories forums when you get to 1,000 posts. So here goes mine. I joined the BiggerPockets community about two years ago in May of 2014. You can see my f...
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I'm writing this post to track progress of my first attempt to BRRRR a property in Baltimore City (it is a length post). After two years of reading books, studying BiggerPockets, researching neighborhoods in Baltimor...
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High quality buildings for investment, a home? Fantastic commercial properties? New construction, historical buildings and landmarks? Foreigners arriving in Berlin often ask: East Berlin vs. West Berlin? Which is cool...
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I am currently in the process of getting my license and have concerns on how to pick a broker and how to ethically proceed with my goals to be an investor. What should I be looking for and can someone give advice. Pro...
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What are the top 3 very influential things that you learned this year? 🤔
For me, these consisted of:
1.) Focus on doing “less”, ”better”. Focus on going very deep on the few things that you really enjoy/that matter ...