Hi Everyone!   I'm Derrick. I'm an audio designer working for a video game developer in the South Bay area. I live in San Jose and I am incredibly impressed with BiggerPockets! I have been diving in and learning as mu...

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I'm new to the community...not just this community but ANY online community. BiggerPockets is the first site to actually get me interested in engaging in any kind of online group. There are...

I have a brick house Thank goodness
It is a duplex
and one side had a termite swarm happen last week
but not the other side

when I was doing renovations I noticed a door casing that had termite holes in it

,my co...

Hi folks! I'm brand new to BP and RE investing, and I'm excited to start this journey and learn as much as the old grey matter will absorb. I am still reading through the awesome getting started guides on BP and worki...

Without any personal attacks towards any party or poster, I am interested in hearing what (if any) everyone LIKED about the State of the Union address. I know some key points that the Republican side was wishing for w...

Hi everybody! I'm Joe and I'm new to BiggerPockets as well as Real Estate Investing. I'm a 22 year old from Champaign Illinois. I've been interested in investing (not just real estate) for a few years now and the past...

We all know that the wacko environmentalists want to stop global warming, aka 'climate change' now that the temperature has inconveniently stopped going up. Anyway, even if we pretended that we believed that global w...

Greetings all,It was my very first time attending the local courthouse to further analyze my selected target market for rehabs. I went to the Gwinnett County, Georgia courthouse to familiarize myself with their intern...

Hi,I am interested in buying a two flat in my area for rehab, and then I will live in one unit and rent out the other.  I understand now that such a low priced property isn't profitable for a traditional bank or mortg...