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Hello Bigger Pockets!I am new to this amazing site and after scouring forum and blog posts, listening to multiple podcasts, and investing in some of the literature on here, I am looking at taking the first steps into ...
Hello, my wife and I are looking to get into real estate investing. I live in the bay area California. I bought a house for 280K in 2012 and it would now appraise for somewhere in the range of 730-780K. This is based ...
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Hi everyone! We're working on getting our second buy and hold property in Allentown, PA rented and are finding it harder getting applications in. We've been showing the property for the last 3 weeks (just starting o...
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I have been looking in the Saint Louis area for single family/multi-family housing. When I search HUD listings, A lot of the listings are in a specific area of town. What can this possibly forecast or mean? Is this an...
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We’ve had our property listed for rent since Friday, so about 5 days now. We’ve gotten a lot of inquiries and a good number of showings, but only one person applied. Another person wanted to apply but I had to turn hi...
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My husband and I recently inherited a large sum of money and would like to begin our RE investing journey. I plan to pursue on a full-time basis. Currently in the midst of learning as much as humanly possible. We have...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Fredericksburg.
Purchase price: $143,000
Sale price: $270,000
First flip. Learned a lot... Worked a TON... Made a little...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lacey.
Purchase price: $46,000
Cash invested: $16,000
I could have bought this place subject to, but I decided to close with a ...
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Hello all! After two years of dragging my feet, my first property is about to close and I have begun showing to potential tenants! This single family home has been a different way to get started. A good friend bought ...
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Hi there! I’m hoping to get some sound advice from this post that I can take to heart, and in turn, take action!
A bit of backstory, a few years ago, my life was going nowhere. I was in that horrible hamster wheel wi...