J. Martin
WOMEN IN RE: Comfortable going to meetups? Improvements?
I have a question for all the WOMEN in real estate out there on BP.DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AND ENJOY GOING TO REAL ESTATE MEETUPS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE GOING TO MEETUPS? @Jonna Weber ...
Jag Sekhon
Investing Out of State?
As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...
Jason Merchey
Doom and Gloom? I Read a Book by David Wiedemer & Robert A. Wiedemer
I read Aftershock, the latest edition, by the brothers Wiedemer. It was fairly dark, much about our economy being a multi-bubble economy, the weakness in housing for various reasons (including the 50% or so cash tr...
Dylan Bowman
Direct Mail Marketing failure
So I’ve been DMM now for about 3 months. No real leads yet, which I expected. The calls that I have received are people telling me to take them off of my solicitation and are not happy about me mailing them. The...
Sarah Cowns
looking for advice, starting out
Good afternoon!First off, I want to say thank you for reading this and spending your precious time helping me out. I'll start by laying it all out there.As most of us here at bigger pockets the idea of working until 6...
Kenneth Goldman
Find a Mentor or Quit?
I have been hammering away at trying to start a fix and flip real estate business of single homes in the Chicago market. I have tried pursuing several avenues to identify opportunity including knocking on homeowne...
Dustin Calgaro
Cash-out or partner on my 4 unit property in Costa Rica
Hi BPers
I bought and completely remodeled a building with three side-by-side, 2 bed 1 bath apartments and one small, 2 bed 1 bath house on ~1.5 acres in Ojochal, Costa Rica. I added a pool and did some landscaping a...
Jim K.
Window replacement, what do you do?
I have 18 windows to replace in the next few days. To keep my interest up and to keep myself accountable, I'm starting this thread. I am a self-managing DIY landlord specializing in 70-100 year old SFR properties in m...
Joffrey Long
Car You Drive ? vs. Investments You Have ?
Ok, long weekend and a little lighthearted fare:
Real estate investors - what kind of car(s) do you drive? Do you prefer luxury cars? Modest cars? How many drive cars with many, many miles on them? And - if you...
Dan T.
Starting in this economic climate
Hello all!I posted this in the member introduction forum but didn't get much traction as it doesn't seem too lively over there.Long time reader and real-estate obsessor; first-time poster. I'm 30 years old living in O...