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Hello All,I'm excited to be here! I'm currently a Consulting Engineer for a IT company. However, I have been extremely interested in real estate investing over the past month or so. My goal is to create passive income...
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Wow BPers,
I finally did it! I finally completed my business plan and feel ready to make my intro and get going.
I've been cruising through these forums for a bit without having done a formal introduction until n...
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My wife and I are looking to start our investing journey soon, but trying to decide what our particular starting strategy should be. Currently, we live in a family owned house that we pay $1000 month with zero interes...
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Joined a couple months ago - just now getting to properly introducing myself... I have to give a very broad "thank you" to the entire community: I've have spent LOTS of time reading (even posting a little) in the pas...
Hi all-I'm just getting into real estate investing as I would like to quit the rat race and stay at home with my newborn daughter. My goal is to have passive income of $75,000 within a year....is this crazy? Would lov...
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Here are my goals for 2017.Meet up with at least 2 BP members per month to help them get their real estate careers started or add value to their exising business.Complete 60 real estate transactions via The Ortins Gro...
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Hi Everyone,
I live on the seacoast of NH and am a student at the University of New Hampshire. The seacoast market is hot right now and I'm looking to owner occupy a small multifamily home, with the help of my partne...
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I just hit one of my major life goals of owning over 100 units! I just closed a 70 unit deal which puts me at 118 units total. The reason I post this in the starting out section, is it is important for anyone just get...
Twenty years ago, I wrote out my “lifetime” goals.They, at the time, seemed almost insurmountable to me. I was listening to Personal Power II at the time (from Tony Robbins) (HIGHLY recommend his stuff, by the way).O...
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Wanted to share a lesson learned from the last deal I closed on, a 200 unit, in Dallas. That puts my company at over $100,000,000 assets under management (1,438 units).Before I do, if you want to check out the lessons...