William F.
Sales & Negotiation Training
BP, here's the deal:
You're making money in real estate because you have technical knowledge AND people skills. Sales, negotiation, even advanced social skills. I need to be trained in more of these, because real est...
Victoria Navarro
Hi, from Miami, FL
Hi everyone!My name is Victoria Navarro, 21 from Miami, FL. I have lived here all my life and my family is from Cuba. I'm so happy to be a part of bigger pockets :) Almost every time I typed a question in the google s...
Adrian Stuart
Newbie from Queens, NY reading a whole lot
Hi Biggerpockets Community! My name is Adrian and I'm greener than green when it comes to real estate, as I found out when I first started doing research into real estate investing. I was tipped off to look into it by...
Todd Powell
BP post got me fired!
5 months ago I posted about creating $7000 of additional cash flow in a 4 year period and I also mentioned wanting to hang up my high paying W2 job. Further, a month later I posted about Oregon rental laws in March du...
Ellie Perlman
Tips on Becoming a Full-Time Investor
Ok, so first of all...The Two Types of Full-Time Real Estate Investors
Generally speaking, there are two types of full-time real estate investors: the passive investor and the active investor. A passive investor i...
Mike W.
New Investors
I wrote this a couple years ago for another audience and from some of the recent posts I have seen, I dug it up and figured I would share it here. The information is just as valid today as it was 2 yrs ago.
I recent...
Derek Daun
Seller messed up - Bank threating to forclose. Is there still in this for me?
I'm in the process of negotiating an offer on a SFR.Offer = 145k. This is buy and hold for me; but I'm guessing the ARV is about ~160k after a little paint, and landscaping. This isn't fantastic deal, but it fits my m...
Mike Boss
Does it ever make sense to sell at a loss.
Does it make sense to get money out of a poor performing investment to enter into a better performing investment if the sale results in a loss? I have a duplex with $70k invested into it OH. Way too much money put in ...
Alex Martens
Is REI realistic for a service member?
Hi all! I am an active duty Marine who has been in for 7 years so far. Although I am a Marine, I am also an entrepreneur at heart, and I am always brainstorming how to be my own boss. One of my goals is to build up a ...
Paul Yevzikov
Managing people/bird dogs
Good morning,
2 questions:
1) In a nutshell, what experiences have people had with bird dogs? Have you guys done deals off of them, or do they just consume your time?
2) There are a few bird dogs and aspiring whole...