Isaiah Turner
Why Real Estate? No...really, WHY!?
Hello all,I'm still fairly new to real estate investing and real estate in general however, it is ALREADY down right fascinating! Now, we are all very familiar with the common "goals" of real estate but, there has to ...
A bombshell NAR settlement could bring wide-sweeping changes to the housing market. After a snowball of NAR lawsuits, the realtor association agreed to settle for a whopping $418 million and make critical changes to h...
Chris Martin
Brokerage "owner" vs. "owner/operator" for a new business model
Unlike fast food franchises, I'm not seeing where real estate brokerage franchises are set up as "owner" franchises. It seems like 99% (or more) of real estate brokerages are "owner/operator" set-ups. The "owner" i...
James Paine
The Everything Store - Book Review
The Everything Store by Brad Stone - Takeaways from the book! James’s Intro 9th book of the year out of my goal of 52 this year. For me this book had a lot of little takeaways so I’ll just list them out in no order....
Benjamin Riehle
Kansas City Developments: Revitalizing a Once Forgotten Area
Now that my team is actively investing in two markets, Tucson (for 10 years) and Kansas City (for 1 year), I have been surprised by the similarities in Kansas City that we saw 10 years ago when we started investing in...
Alicia Marks
Celebrating Women's History month with InvestHER
What does Women’s History Month mean to you?This is a month to stop and reflect on all the contributions both small and large that have changed women’s lives for the better. This is the time to celebrate women’s accom...
Juan Diaz
The Story of Gentrification Part 2: How To Take Advantage
I had a lengthy post about the story of gentrification in west Oakland two days ago, and you can see that here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/193883-the-story-of-gentrification-part-1-how-to-spot-it ....
Dan Gheesling
Detroit - What are your thoughts / questions / fears about investing in the City of Detroit?
When you hear about Detroit Real Estate most people get scared and picture burned down buildings, blight, etc. Myself included.One of my initial fears was that I wouldn't get my money back out, and that the renters wo...