John Anderson
New member in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming
New to the bigger pockets community and new to the real estate game with 0% experience, looking to learn as much as possible and evolve in the process. Reading a few books right now and a friend recommended the bigger...
Justin Goodin
Lumber Prices are Up! 📈 How is this affecting your business?
➡️ On Friday, the price of lumber per thousand board feet jumped to $1,048, according to Random Lengths.
That price jump is unlikely to be the last. On Monday, the May futures contract price per thousand board feet o...
Brittany Davis
New member from sunny So Cal
I am brand new to the real estate business. I live in Riverside county in Southern California with my husband and father in law. We have just started to get our feet wet and are looking to really jump in. We've got a ...
Alan K Auman
New to BP, new to investing...Checking in from Terre Haute IN
Hello BP community! I'm an aspiring investor with an eye towards buy and hold rental properties. Real estate is always something I've been interested in but just never really knew how I wanted to go about getting invo...
Rami Aweti
Where do I start?
Hello Everyone,It's never easy to get my point out in one message. I'm hoping to get a conversation going and take it from there. First of all, I'm obsessed with real estate. I take it I am in the right place for that...
Jared Michael Rollins
Starting out in real estate investing
I am 42 years old and married with two children. I make approximately 120k a year. I live in southern California. I have no credit card debt. However, I have approx. 17k on one car loan and approx. 40k for student loa...
Kurtis Chione
New Future Investor(s)
My girlfriend and I are extremely new to the idea of investing, more specifically in rental properties. We are not sure if we should jump in as early as possible or save up more money before putting down on a property...
Joseph Crunkilton
Why did my gas bill go up 100-200%?
All, I have a vacant rental that was costing me $20 or so a month for the gas alongside mortgage and other utilities. The last two months my bill has jumped to $200 and $250. This is a small, vacant rental that is onl...
Cory Mickler
Which is better to start investing with? A multi family home or an apartment complex?
In my opinion an apartment is easier to maintain and has higher profit margins but is also more of a risk while a multi-property home such as a duplex requires more work to maintain for less profit. but if you live in...
Dennis Burgess
Estimating Rehab Cost
What advice can be given to a new investor with no construction background looking to master the Rehab process?