I've been doing research on markets for buy and hold for about a month now. I'm checking unemployment rates, population growth, purchase price, rent rates, percentage of renters, etc. and I'm still having trouble iden...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to start off in real estate investing. I've done a ton of research on BRRRR, flipping, wholesaling, and a bunch of other various strategies. They all have their various pros & cons. Given ...

Sigh. The last 10 days or so have been traumatic for me. I have a son-in-law who is an experienced real estate investor. I became aware that two deals had closed six weeks ago involving one of the investors I got him....

As a business owner already, I have seen many say, "You are so young, how did you start?" "Where did you get the funds to do it?" or "Where did you learn what you know about business?"I answer all the questions as hon...

We are in the market to buy and hold and plan to put down 25%.We have a seasonal real estate agent working with us, who is also a friend.  Rent in the areas we are interested in is about $1300 – $1550 for a 2 bds/1 ba...

I recently contacted a real estate agent and asked if she works with investors. She said "yes I can help you, let me know what you're looking for" But how do I let her know that I'm assigning contracts?  Any script I ...

While the 5% “risk free” Tbills looks attractive………….

It also at least partially assumes an investor can time the bottom of the real estate market.
Perhaps one CAN time the market……….
I went to Colgate University...

Hello everyone! I'm new to BiggerPockets and just finished reading Brandon Turner's "The Book on Rental Property Investing". I live in Portland, OR, where the housing market is very high for rental property investing....

BP,

I don't believe this difficult, I believe this is very much doable. However, what makes achieving this goal so difficult for most investors? Seeing that "financial freedom" is the HUGE topic now a days. Why is it...