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BiggerPockets Community, Hello there! My name is Cassandra, but I go by Cassie. I have worn many different hats in my short 25 years of life. I have always been a busy body that was never content with what I had. I ha...
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Hi everyone, I'm Michael Maier. I was born and raised in Toledo, OH and lived most of my life in the metro area. I work as a temp at the Johnson Controls Northwood facility supplying Jeep with seats.
I've no expe...
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When did you know you could pursue investing whole-heartedly? How long of research and connection-making did it take to really see a difference in your progress??Whether is was you seeing financial freedom, freedom wi...
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Hello all,First of all thanks for taking the time for reading this. My name is Chris and I'm 26 years old, currently living in the NW suburbs of Chicago, IL. I recently got engaged, so I'm at that point in my life whe...
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I need some advice about my situation.My name is Rob, I'm from the UK and I'm 18. I have very safe job as a cartographer (map drawer) that pays a very low salary. I still live with my mother so my monthly expenditure ...
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Hi. I'm Eric.I live in Charlotte, NC.I'm 50 years old with a passion to start my own business. I currently work full time in Logistics. But that will be coming to a end next week as layoffs have been handed down and I...
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Real estate investors ❗🫵🏘️🏠🏞️WHY❓..... are you relying on banks for funding your deals when whole life insurance offers the same function but with (many) MORE benefits, both short and long term? 🤔💡**Access to Cash Val...
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Hello BP community , my name is mario and I wanted to share my story and how I found out about real estate investing and make some connections to help get into investing . I was born in San Diego and raised up north i...
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GreetingsMy name is Dan Wiley from Tampa Fl. Originally from Chicago with a 6 year stay in Phoenix Az proir to Tampa. Im finally making my break to get into real estate investing. Im a 16year RN presently I am fer...
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Long story short. Househacking a duplex, did about 50% of renovations, and it was the most stressful time of my life. Being that this was my first deal, there were a lot of things I didn’t anticipate. My primary job i...