Hi!I am looking at real estate investing to reduce my tax liability and generate passive income.  I have a 401K plan which I have been maxing out annually. My company matches 4% of the first 6% contributed. I have use...

Hello BP community,I'm a 38 year old from Hood River (1 hour east of Portland), Oregon.  I've been soaking in the BP site and podcasts for about a year now, and have finally signed-up.  I began REI by moving primary r...

Hi all, I wanted to share my recent experiences with turning our garage studio apartment conversion into a short term rental. We have had great success and so far no real issues. The income has paid for the mortgage f...

Here's a some lengthy, but very interesting and well researched paper on the economy in general. Focused on consumers overall, but a lot of material about housing. If the author is right, we've not seen anything yet...

WOW what a great place this is for real estate investors. I don't remember anything this awesome back in 2003 when I was learning the real estate industry.

I was working as a bird dog and learning wholesaling just be...

I live in Green Bay, WI and recently visited Phoenix and absolutely loved it. I've been thinking of getting into short term vacation rentals for awhile now and this seems like the perfect opportunity. I am in talks wi...

Hello, Fellow BPers,I am reaching because I am pursuing a pretty exciting oportunity with a major US Bank in Detroit.  I worked for this company before and have faith in their payscale, corporate leadership, etc.  My ...

I was hoodwinked by a guest with what I now presume was a fraudulent photo & home city - she had 4 positive reviews too!
Long story short... I live in a unit attached to my Airbnb. I could smell the weed through ...

Good morning BP!How did you get started in real estate investing? What has your investment journey looked like since? 

Hello all!

I want to introduce myself to the members here at BiggerPockets. My name is Breandan Garland and I currently live in southern New Hampshire. I have been a member at BiggerPockets for a few months n...