I read that there are new mortgage lending programs that allow first-time homebuyers to put as little as 3-5% down with a conventional, conforming loan. For high-cost areas like Orange County, CA, the limit for a 4-u...

Hello everyone! I am currently working 40 hrs a week at an office job. I don’t love it but I definitely give it 100%. I have had several things in my life that I was passionate about for a short time and then it would...

Hi all, This is my first posting here, go easy ;)I'm 21, a Computer Science dropout. I am making $60/hr as a 1099 infrastructure engineer. I might convert my hourly rate to a 90k/year salary as a w-2 employee shortly....

I am newbie in real estate investing and BP. Looking to get started on this journey and expecting to learn and gain valuable insight from such a huge experienced REI community on BP. I recently attended 3 day seminar ...

Question is pretty self-explanatory. I am currently studying for my bachelors at a mediocre school in Finance but I feel the industry isn't very lucrative (at least early on). I am trying to find a career that has the...

Hello BP!My name is Raquel. I'm 21 years old and currently studying economics in college and debating if I really want to transfer to UC Berkeley to pursue my degree. I'm worried about incurring student debt and ultim...

Do you have a college degree? If so, in what field?
Has that helped you in your real estate investing? Or do you think you could have done with out it?
I am a firm believer that our path in life has lead us where we...

Hello there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets Community and real estate investing in general but I am eager to learn! One of the first things I am curious about is how important is finishing a college degree in order to...

Hello BP community!

Recently I decided to take this spring semester off from school to take the time and really decide if college / the degree path that I was on was really something that I wanted.

Currently I am ...

I swear this started out as just a sentence:I was born to a father that would drive me to school teaching me about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, anything and everything that involved money. He didn’t drill it but I cra...