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Trent M. Made a major mistake. Need some advice
15 July 2024 | 12 replies

I recently purchased a house from my uncle that has a shared well located on the neighbors property. I contacted an attorney prior to making the deal and he said it would be ok to get a shared well agreement after clo...

Michael Quarles Maybe the biggest mistake of my career.
24 September 2024 | 1 reply

 I’ll start and feel free to brag about your failure.   It will be fun and insightful.  Way back in the day, probably 27 years ago I owned the domain escrow.com.  And let it expire.   That has to have been the worse d...

Mike Allison Biggest Mistake You've Made on a Multi-Family....
29 October 2018 | 20 replies

Hello Bigger Pockets Community!Just starting out in educating myself on the real estate investment world - there is a lot to learn and I am doing all I can to catch up quickly... Of course you hear a lot about people'...

Michael Zuber Mistake I made starting out (15+ Years ago)
13 October 2018 | 4 replies

Having left the Rat Race this year after 15 Years of Buy and Hold Investing I find it is time to reflect, document and give back.  One of the first areas I reviewed was my initial purchases and I believe I made a mist...

Mat Lewczenko After a ton of mistakes, it still BRRRRs
14 January 2020 | 1 reply

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $50,000

Cash invested: $40,000

Originally bought for a flip. However, a Property manager suggested a 4th bedroom an...

Bobby Shell Urgent Q - Mold/Water Leak / Contractor Mistake HELP :(
19 April 2020 | 4 replies

In August of 2019 we got a new fridge dropped off by Best Buy. Best Buy took away our old fridge. 
Our property manager had a handy man install the new fridge.
Fast forward to today, I get a call from the Property M...

Melanie Stephens Seeking Biggest Mistakes and Lessons Learned Stories (Again!)
28 January 2022 | 134 replies

Hello BP Members! I write a regular column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on people's "Biggest Mistakes" in real estate. Do you have a "mistake" story and lessons you learned from it? I'd love to hear it! (Thanks t...

Vinod Sharma Is this a good buy or major mistake?
30 January 2019 | 3 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Leesburg.

Purchase price: $170,000

Cash invested: $35,000

Just bought this in an auction. It is a bank owned property. Thinking a...

Brooke Gibson Investing in real estate from afar? Successes? Mistakes?
16 June 2015 | 7 replies

Hi,I live in Hawaii and would like to invest in Oregon, preferably buy and hold. I'm just getting started and Hawaii (so far) seems to be a tough place to get started (unless you have a lot of money).So, I'm learning ...

Spencer Sutton Don't make these 5 mistakes buying your rentals....
8 September 2016 | 18 replies

I was on the phone yesterday with an investor from California who asked for our advice in analyzing a few wholesale deals he had been offered here in Birmingham, Alabama.It's such a common conversation I thought it wo...