Hi My name is Evelyn. I'm absolutely new to real estate investment, like an artist with a blank bond paper awaiting inspiration (real estate investment), to ignite and begin.  Having meager savings and barely any mone...

First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...

My mentor gave me an assignment to write a micro-blog about how I got started in real estate. I have been sitting in my chair for half an hour trying to think of the perfect way to start telling you guys the story of ...

Motivation is a tricky subject. One moment it ignites a fire within us, filling us with enthusiasm and drive to accomplish our most ambitious goals. The next moment it vanishes without a trace, leaving us uninspired l...

This is the story of how we – a family of four on one income – house-hacked our way from $0 to $1million in real-estate in less than 2-years, and how just two houses bring in $100k/year in gross rents. Our Two Propert...

     Firstly, this post is for anyone and everyone who hasn't had the opportunity to properly introduce themselves in the BP community. I didn't see a forum for introductions so here's one, for us by us; (Not Sponsore...

My First Deal = 6 doors!     This story begins as many other stories that heard told on the podcast: I started listening to the BiggerPockets Podcasts to and from work trying to figure out a way to exit the corporate ...

I have owned my restaurant for 23 years, and the passion for the business dissolved back in 2008. The economy tanked and I just had my fourth child. I wanted to have more family time and a more flexible work schedul...

My RE Success story. Thanks Biggerpocket.com community for the inspiration and guidance. I posted this in the commercial real estate forum as well. Not sure how to cross post (if even possible). Reposting it here.  I ...

When I learned earlier this year that I was pregnant with my second child I considered putting off my goal (AGAIN!) of buying my first property. Where would I find the time? My W-2 job had me working 60-80 hrs/wk and ...