![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/967139/small_1621506464-avatar-rufusm2.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am a broker in Ft Laud, Florida. I'm also an active investor. Florida is notorious for foreclosure scams and modification scams.I was wondering, however, if any one has had any experience with approaching a distress...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/162903/small_1621420445-avatar-gdufour31.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Before you answer the question in the forum post title, read the following lines and maybe you’ll change your mind.When I was a kid, I was always taught to go to school, get a Bachelor’s degree and a job in a large fi...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/247225/small_1681155867-avatar-aw19.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Excited to have found this forum! I’m an architect in Chicago looking to get on my feet on the development/ownership side of the industry. Ultimately my goal is to work as an “Architect-as-Developer”. It’s frustrat...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/660483/small_1621494917-avatar-brandonm133.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone,I recently graduated from college and immediately started working my full-time job at a big 4 accounting firm in NYC. Real estate has always been a passion of mine and so I've started saving up for my f...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/247251/small_1695112507-avatar-hunteriii.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, my name is Hunter Perkinson and I currently live in Fredericksburg, VA. I am a college student majoring in Business Administration with 3 more semesters left (Graduate in Spring 2016). I currently work...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1242437/small_1694561549-avatar-tanyas41.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello my Bigger Pockets peeps
After an arduous 4 months, I FINALLY an REO property ( a lovely "good bones" 3500 sq ft) home in a fancy schmancy gated golf community. The HOA is a typical one in that it can be overbea...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2087485/small_1623276727-avatar-jonathanf249.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Good morning BP community!
I hope this post finds you well. I recently moved to the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia) area from California not too long ago and I am looking to become a part time real estate ag...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/467731/small_1621477983-avatar-bradp16.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I learned about Gobundance through a couple of the podcasts on BP. They also have a program for individuals with < 1 mil net worth called M1 or march to a million. I am considering joining at 300/ month. Here is w...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/463416/small_1621477780-avatar-danielq1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
2-3 weeks ago i attended a Free Seminar- Winning the property wars with doug hopkins (he wasn't there). Im so Eager to start a Career in Real Estate investing so i thought there was no loss in coming. I would give it ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/165587/small_1621420702-avatar-asilang.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
So right now I work in the back office of a bank, financial processing. Pretty boring, all day I'm buried in excel. Very unexciting. Every day is the same. I feel like a drone, very little decision making. It's cushy ...