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Ken Powers Are there ever too many bedrooms in a unit?
13 April 2013 | 17 replies

I've been researching multi-family houses, and a thought occurred to me. Most of the apartments I know of have 3 bedrooms or less. Most of the condos I've ever seen are also 3 bedrooms or less. Is this an indicatio...

Malcolm Lawson When to wear a suit?
21 January 2016 | 19 replies

I am new to real estate investing but am meeting with a lender for the first time Friday about taking out a loan to buy my second investment property.  Should I wear a suit to this meeting or is it ok to dress a littl...

Vikram C. first profitable deal
9 June 2010 | 15 replies

As many of you know, I knew nothing about RE a year ago. When I started my research on the subject, I stumbled upon Bigger Pockets and joined it right away and started reading all the old posts, asking you guys quest...

Account Closed For The Love of Pete Don't Syndicate your First Deal!
26 April 2023 | 54 replies

There has been a lot of activity in the forums about newbies syndicating real estate. I feel like someone needs to be a voice of reason here. Look, I get it. The allure of doing big deals and taking big fees for buyin...

Jonah Cervantes New Air Force investor: where do I start?
30 August 2021 | 15 replies

I know how commonplace this kind of post is, but I am here to reach out for anyone’s help on where to get started.
I’m avidly reading and listening to the podcast, so those habits are in place. However I do want to g...

11 June, 2020
BiggerPockets Podcast 386: Starting Out With $200 and Investing for Profit AND Cash Flow With Marcus Maloney (Part 1, Pre-Coronavirus)

From "bad drug dealer" in his youth... to earning a master's degree, then jumping into real estate at age 36 and crushing his first deal!

Today, Marcus Maloney shares his wild ride in Part 1 of two episodes this we...

Ken P. Unit #25 under contract
21 March 2017 | 18 replies

Last week we signed the purchase agreement for what will be our 25th unit over 4 1/2 years.  It's nothing glamorous, but with a bit of work should exceed what we could achieve in most other investments, and hopefully ...

Account Closed Police activity on Google Streetview - dealbreaker?
16 January 2014 | 27 replies

What would be your reaction if you saw indication of police activity at a property you're researching on Google Streetview? My immediate reaction was to toss the property aside - don't want to inherit problem tena...

Connor Swalm Contracting Woes
2 February 2016 | 12 replies

Towards the end of last year I was finishing up my first flip. It was a great house for my first flip. Not too big, not too small, and I made just the right amount of mistakes to learn valuable lessons, but still turn...