Alex Young
Newbie, ready to get going, sick of living in my car broke
Hi Bigger Pockets community, I am 26 years old with an undergraduate education in geology. I've spent the last couple of years wandering aimlessly and it hasn't paid off to do so. Trying to reinvent myself, my strateg...
Justin Brin
Top location for long distance investing?
Here is a list of 17 metros in the US that have population larger than 900k and median house price is below 400k:Which metro you recommend and which metro you don't recommend?I know California is not so investor frien...
Josh Stack
A "Hall Analysis" of Gastonia as a Market for Buy&Hold Rentals
Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
Omar Cantu
Failure to launch, no luck so far
Hi, I'm 23 yrs old and have been trying to get started in real estate investing. But no luck. I know this wasn't going to be easy but it almost feels impossible. I finally tried to get pre qualified for a loan of abou...
Roshan K.
How many of you are financially free?
How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...
Joe Butcher
Defining "motivated"
Have been getting lots of calls since starting my yellow letter campaign. No deals so far, as the sellers (or potential sellers) haven't seemed that motivated to me.
Maybe it's my expectations? Maybe I was ex...
Craig Moore
Why the % of failing agents is overblown/needs rationalization
All,After doing some research on becoming a real estate agent, getting feedback and taking the preliminary exam courses, I stumbled upon a troubling number. "80%-90% of new agents quit or fail within the 1st year." I ...
Jason Ling
Machine learning and Real Estate Investing
Big question - why hasn't anyone applied data science and machine learning in the real estate domain?With the recent (7 years?) advances in natural language processing, image recognition and the validation of various ...
Ben Fisher
Best option to take when investing in Spain
Hello, this is my first post I'm new to the forum and I'm a newbie to the real estate world.Does anybody have any experience in investing in Spain?I'm currently living here and it's where I plan on starting my venture...
Elijah White
Repairs are killing me!
Hello all, I have two rental properties in Wichita, KS; both are single family homes that should cash flow around $250 per month but the repairs and fixes that I have had to do over the past six months (and especially...