John Hein
Starting full time, various questions
First some quick background information. Currently, I am finishing my 3rd year of chemical engineering. I have one year left but only 2 classes. I am very interested in making real estate investing my full time career...
Joshua Dorkin
What's Your Top Tip for New Real Estate Investors?
We all had to start somewhere . . . new investors are thirsty for real estate advice and I think we can get a thread going with some fantastic feedback from many different viewpoints. So . . .
What's Your Top Tip for...
Brandon Kamm
Investing with credit card teasers
I have always chunked these in the trash but happened to open one yesterday. Credit card I haven't used in years extending 0% for 15 months and 2% for 21 months. I believe there was a 3 or 4 % fee to use. Curious as...
Andrew J.
Buying from the City of Milwaukee - One investors experience
Good to be back BP, after being away from forums and BP in general I am happy to have more time to learn and help others with my most recent experience. In March we purchased a home from the City of Milwaukee as a no...
Jessey Kwong
Do I need to be "concerned" bout Big Pockets forum members?
I am new to RE discussions nad the BP community. I just noticed people here are VERY open to helping and giving advice/guidance. For some reason... I feel these are red flags, but maybe am wrong. I come from the onli...
Erica Nagle
Taking a stand after a $50,000 lie
I've never named a figure on how much $$ we spent on what people call 'GURU training' but I think it's time. The amount of money that is being made by these companies is mind blowing. I've read posts by others on Bigg...
Account Closed
Found Deals Off Market - Here's How
Here is a big pro tip:
Stop buying on the MLS. It’s too expensive! There is a process called "Buying Off Market". Where do you think all of those properties on the MLS come from? They were "off market" until they wer...
Omar Ruiz
Death of Direct Mail...Birth to Digital Marketing
Direct Mail has not worked for me. It is a channel (medium) that is too easy to learn (get a list & mail to that list consistently). It "seems" to work if you have the marketing budget, list, and ability to mail h...
Joshua Dorkin
Free Property Analysis Worksheet
Michael Rogers of Chandler Properties provided the following Excel Worksheet for BiggerPockets to share with all of our members.
REI Property Analyzer
We hope you all find it comes in handy.
NOTE: If anyone else h...
James Johnson
What to do with $100,000
If you have little to no experience with rental property (just bought a book on landlording) and had $100,000 to invest only in real estate, where and how would you invest it?
1. buy as big a multi unit complex th...