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Hi all,My question to all of you who have made the jump from corporate jobs to investing full time:- EXCLUDING money, what were the biggest / most unexpected challenges you faced? For example, did you miss the social ...

Hello to all and thank you for reading my introduction.I currently live in Newport Beach in Cali. Have a few small business part time and am full time  with a professional health care major group for 25 years. I have ...

Construction work is underway on one of the Austin area's largest projects: Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.'s $17 billion next generation chipmaking facility in Taylor.
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Hey all! I am working on putting a list of reputable contractors together for my area. Once I have identified a number of them I am going to interview them as best as possible. What are the questions I need to be aski...

Summer vacation started today (I am a high school teacher) and I'm sitting here with my 6-week old son (first child).This is the first summer I've had in a long time that I'm not rehabbing a newly acquired rental (or ...

Our first foray into publishing continues to exceed our expectations. Back in March, BiggerPockets Publishing published The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by author @J Scott and t...

I have a current tenant who would like to buy a rental house he's leasing.  I'm thinking of doing a 2 year lease with option to purchase.I'm curious the opinions of the group 1.  How much down?2. How much rent credit ...

Say you're looking for an investor friendly real estate agent to work with you in your target market....but after lot's of searching, finding one with that kind of experience just isn't happening.  Is it worth trying ...

Our incredible moderator - Mr. Jon Holdman - aka Wheatie - Today crossed the 10,000 forum post milestone here on BiggerPockets.

I wanted to thank Jon for all of his incredible posts and the wonderful advice he has be...