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Hello,
I am Jake Stone. Currently in the market for a mentor in North Carolina. I am looking to begin my journey in real estate investing. Right now I am a land surveying party chief and I do trade futures as a recre...
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I am looking to start researching and analyzing properties. Is Southern California a difficult place to start my investment journey?
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I just made my BiggerPockets account today! I’ve been listen to there podcast for a couple of month now. I just watched there 90-day guide to investing and thought making an account was the next step in my real estate...
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I am in sales and make decent money, but also want to start building an income stream for retirement. Looking to buy and hold for rental income. Don’t want to get tied up with anything that needs a lot of rehab, whic...
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Greetings all,First post on BP and just wanted to introduce myself. My wife and I are rookies in the investing business but eager and excited to jump in. We just opened our new LLC, Ironhorse Investors, with the hop...
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We have used the strategy of buying with owner occupant financing, living in the property for over a year then moving into a new home, and renting out the prior home. I like it because it gives you a higher probabilit...
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Saying hello to everyone from Mesa, AZ! I am new to the group and just wanted to introduce myself. The wife and I started out at the beginning of the year by binge watching/listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast and ...
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Hello! I'm going to start an Financial Independence Dallas Meetup (how is there not one already?!). Are there any financially independent people (or well into the journey) in Dallas that would be willing to share thei...
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Hey everyone! My Husband and I are looking to get into real estate fulltime and we are looking for 100% funding through a Hard Money Lender or an Investor that will fund great deals! Please link or comment them bel...
Hello! Any specific things I should know about out of state investing in Colorado? I live in Virginia and would love to try my first out of state investment. Either short term rental or long term rental. What are the ...