So I was having a conversation with another newbie real estate investor who wanted to make sure he was taking all the proper steps before approaching his first deal. He tells me he was talking to someone he met at ...

I'm new to the forum, just heard about it in Brandon Turner's book on rental properties and signed up today. I have been learning about real estate primarily through audiobooks and several real estate agents and inves...

Hi, I’m a new agent and one of the brokers I’m interviewed with mentioned the opportunity to fill out BPO reports in order to generate a little bit of income while sales are slow.   What exactly does does a BPO entail...

Background: Two friends and I have been meeting to discuss investing in real estate together. Pooling our finances and our risk is the reason, plus we work well together. We have run a nonprofit together for the last ...

Anyone have any insight on the things happening in Cleveland? Set for doom or on the rebound?

A few minutes ago, we officially crossed the 1,000,000 Forum Post Milestone here on BiggerPockets!I'm completely blown away by this community and I want to thank you all for your participation over the last 9+ (10 on ...

Bigger pockets has been an excellent source of knowledge, networking and collaboration for me over the past year. I've read and learned quite a lot while scrolling through this site, and figured I'd create an open for...

Seriously, since joining this community and reading these forums for the last 2-3 days, I don't believe I've seen a group of more enthusiastic, motivational, inspirational group of people in my life!! The only thing ...

Hi I will withhold my name, but I wanted to start a post here with my profile to get some feedback encouragement and constructive suggestions.  I am 47 years old and work in a high stress, low job security profession....