Henry Ford said "Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."  When I first started in real estate all my goals were only financial.  A...

I went to a REI club meeting earlier this week, and the vast majority of the meeting was spent listening to other members' success stories from throughout the year. We were able to hear what other investors have done...

Doing a little informal survey here...

What source do you think yields the highest quality leads for the purposes of fix & flip?

Direct mail? If yes, postcards or letters or what? Details please! Also, what i...

I've never participated in a foreclosure auction before (Sheriff's Auction to be exact) and had a question about whether or not I could buy a property before it actually goes to auction? I am not talking about Sub-2's...

Hi everybody! My name is Meghan. I work at Tesla Motors full-time in sales, and I love it. Tesla Motors is undoubtably accelerating the world's transition to sustainable transportation. We are the future.However, I wo...

I have seen so many people start and stop in the Real Estate business more times than I can count. I recognize that a lack of initial success is going to result in people petering out but what about the people who fou...

Hi everyone!Im new to the bigger pockets forum and this is my first post!I am looking to diversify cash into real estate for the purpose of building long term equity (horizon 15 years) and generating dividends (rental...

Good evening,I'm 23 year old, a recent college graduate, with a wealthy network of people around me and about 100k in cash to invest.  I am particularly interested in acquiring self storage facilities in the state of ...

Hi! I'm a newbie looking to execute on my real estate investing journey asap. I've tuned in to several BiggerPockets webinars but I'm still just not sure how I should go about financing my first deal. I purchased my f...

I am an Operation Enduring Freedom Vet. 8 years active in the Navy. After I returned from a year in Bahrain I got stationed in Ga. I got out a few years later in early '06 and found myself in the mortgage business ...