Hi everyone,As a recent UW grad I was hooked on the idea of investing and making my mark in the real estate arena. Growing up my dad was always the handyman around the house and I was inspired by his talks about alway...

During the latter part of last year, I woke up in the middle of the night and could not get back to sleep because I couldn't shut my mind off. I laid there letting my mind wander, and inevitably I ended up thinking a...

I am looking to lend some money to a RE friend for one year for her seed money to buy an investment home. I am coming up with two different amounts of interest. Help!
Let's say: $ 10,000 x 12% int x 1 year
When I put...

Hello BP family! My name is Alvaro and I am currently an engineer in construction management who is looking to dive headfirst into the world of real estate with the goal of departing from my current full time gig, and...

A long time friend is looking to cash out of his duplex rental property to get away from tenants and pay off his primary home. He has it on the market now for $95k. He said he'd sell to me for $60k.

- Property gros...

Here is a fair warning to all newbie investors that are on a wholesaler's mailing list.  Please, please do your own due diligence and don't just take the word of the wholesaler.A guy by the name of Carltio King from V...

Hello BP! I am near Portland OR and new to Real Estate. I am wanting to possibly create / join a meetup group around mid December - end of January and learn anything I can about real estate. I am interested in investi...

Hello BP! My wife and I are thinking about renting one of the rooms in our house to one of my really good friends (my best friend) in Georgia. But I had a few questions:1) Would that increase my monthly insurance? I w...

Our incredible moderator - Mr. Jon Holdman - aka Wheatie - Today crossed the 10,000 forum post milestone here on BiggerPockets.

I wanted to thank Jon for all of his incredible posts and the wonderful advice he has be...

Hello. My name is Lyndon Hughey. I live in Keller, TX. I joined the site a couple of years ago but simply lurked a few days before fading away. Today is the day that I get serious about networking and investing.
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