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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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Which do you prefer for durability and overall value?
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I'm Jeff, new member from Sacramento. Looking forward to investing & chatting w/ you all!
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Hi!
My name is Stacie. I'm a 38-years-old single mom who works in Los Angeles. I previously owned a home in Los Angeles that I sold via a short sale (2013). Within the next couple of years, I plan on purchasing as a ...
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Hi everyone,My name is Marat. I am amazed at all the information on this site.Looking forward to learning more about real estate investing, something I've been wanting to do for a while. I work as a physician during...
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Hi BP! I'm curious to know what's out there in the form of partnerships. What sort of partnership(s) have you had or do you currently have? How did you get into that partnership? What did you learn?I'm currently a jr....
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I recently watched a bigger pockets podcast that hosted a guy who bought 3bed/2bath, yr 2000 built properties for 80k cash and rented them for 1,000$+ that weren't in awful neighborhoods. I'm assuming this is fairly r...
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The eviction ban ended a few days ago and here are my predictions. I have talked to many more experienced real estate investors about the eviction ban ending. As much as we want another 2008 like market correction to ...
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I am currently serving in Afghanistan on what I am hoping will be my last deployment. I plan on getting out late next year and I want to start to get my feet wet in real estate. I am stationed in So Cal and was sup...
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Hey BP gang, great community you have here. So much to read and learn.
Where to start? Born and bred in north-central Ohio - after graduating high school and serving in the USAF during Desert Storm in the e...