Not really treading any new ground here, but interesting read in the WSJ this morning. http://www.wsj.com/articles/surge-in-commercial-re...We've got a number of clients active in South Florida (Miami) and they (and ...
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This is the story of how we – a family of four on one income – house-hacked our way from $0 to $1million in real-estate in less than 2-years, and how just two houses bring in $100k/year in gross rents. Our Two Propert...
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I’m 19, I have 5k saved, credit built for nearly a year and I’m eager to get into the real estate business but I don’t know where to exactly start. I know people say to just jump in otherwise all the knowledge I’ve le...
I’ve had my license coming up on 4 years and I’m debating if I should renew it or not. I’m not so confident in sales nor do I feel that I’ve given it my best shot either. It is pricey to keep up the license and I have...
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Case Study for Houshacking in Minneapolis, Minnesota:Bought a duplex for 3.5% down on an FHA mortgage: $6370Rehab said duplex: roughly $10,000. This consisted of carpet, laminate floors and paint in the lower unit, co...
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In 2014 we looked at buying a 70 unit apartment building in north GA. It was our first "out of area" property in almost 5 years. (We had sworn never to do an "out of area" property again after failing miserably in St....
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Hey BP Community!I want to know what other newbies are doing and seasoned real estate pros have done to enjoy the process along the way when they were getting started?I am still in the process of looking to become pre...
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Well, it happened. Happy I didn't sound too awkward, lol. Check it out! Episode 239 - Listen Here "Many people dream of achieving financial freedom, but how many actually get there? Today on The BiggerPockets Podcast,...
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Family I need some advice! I have a cash buyer that has given me a list of vacant multi family properties he is interested in. Im in the process of researching to find out who owns the property. Once I get this inform...
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So whenever I visit my father for our "weekly meeting" I always go on about real estate investing. He always has only 2 responses:
1) you cannot do that here (i'm serious)
2) what you're trying to do is rip someone of...