J Scott
Who Wants To Be A Mentor?
Is it just me, or has the number of mentor/coach/guru threads pick up tenfold over the past month or so?
Anyway, there are clearly a lot of people who are just starting out and are looking for help to get started. I...
James Gates
FIRST BRRR Complete! Details + Pictures!
Hey Biggerpockets!My partner and I just completed our first BRRRR and we are so STOKED and THANKFUL for the education we have received from this website. I am writing a summary of this report in the hopes that someone...
Kelly Cochran
Is it insane to manage your own STR?
Hey friends,Really struggling with paying 25-30% of our gross to a property manager on our first STR. I love all the details that go into AirBNB (decor, set-up, marketing copy, customer service), so the only things I ...
Dawn Anastasi
I paid off a house in just 3 years!
I actually have 2 things to celebrate today:1. This is my 5,000 post to Bigger Pockets!!!2. The last payment was made on a property I bought in 2012 using peer to peer lending on a 3 year loan!What better way to celeb...
TJ Walker
How to rationally select a long-distance market for investing?
I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...
Alton Williams
You Never Forget Your First
I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.
It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...
Kimberly C.
$190K of cash incoming but too many options has me stuck. Local (SoCal) vs OOS
I just started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast about a week ago (due to this incoming windfall of cash that I initially didn't have a gameplan for) and I think I’ve powered through 20+ podcasts so far! I cannot...
Bryanna Mendoza
Spokane, WA - New House - Already Having Sewer Backup Problems!
I'll start from the beginning, because there are lots of little details I need to explain in order for you guys to fully understand the situation. (All names are substituted by fake ones for privacy reasons.)In April ...
Steve Vaughan
My BRR (no Refi or Repeat) pics, #s and takeaways!
So I've been slogging through a 3-month rehab and rent house for the past 6 weeks. Condensing a large project in half as a DIY beaver that likes to build his OWN dam is not recommended. I took on a frantic timeline ...
Josh R.
My First Deal = 6 Doors!
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 ...