Alex Gaw
First Baby Step
On Tuesday I took my first baby step toward investing. I went and talked to a banker. Granted, the bank is just on the first floor of the building where I work, and I didn't walk out with any money, but it was still t...
Russ B.
Commercial funding - small mortgage refi, with ownership transfer
Hi all,
I'm pretty new to commercial real estate in general (I've really only done residential stuff before), so I'm wondering if someone here might be able to make a suggestion, on who to reach out to for commercial...
Vernon Sadler
New member from Charlotte , NC.
Hi! My name is Vernon. I am a married father of 3 (2 boys, 1 girl). I presently work for Homeland Security. I am interested in improving my families fortunes and legacy through real estate investment. Presently, No m...
Solomon Johnson
Rental property auction or when Ebay meets Zillow.
Once I've found this article: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-an...The main deal: Imagine a website, where tenants can bid against each other to get the better flat/house? Or tenant can overcome someho...
Adam Kosel
True newbie from Greenville, SC
Posting as an anchor point to look back on in the years to come ( and to get familiar with the site). No background in real estate. Horrible financial upbringing, poor credit, debt larger than a football field, maxed ...
Abhishek Patil
How to buy a property with multiple individuals & non-US resident
I and my business partners currently have a design consulting company based out of San Francisco and we're really interested in investing in a property together. The situation is one of our partners is a non-U.S. Resi...
Kristie Laufer
Private money lending
Have you ever faced difficulty securing private funding? How did you overcome it?
Richard Phillip Lewis
How to unlock $2 million in home equity?
Hey Everyone,
For the past few weeks I’ve been working to find ways to get cash from our home equity.
My family has a beach home that has about $2 million in equity built up.
I’ve come to the latest conclusion t...
Brittany Young
First Opportunity to Invest, Should I Go For It???
I'm a new member here on BiggerPockets. I've had a passion for real estate investing for around 5 years now. I'm 26 and my husband and I want to be involved in real estate investing SO SO BAD.We just opened a moped/p...
Ronald Perich
Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a Terrible Book
If you look over the Best Real Estate Books blog post by @Brandon Turner you will see Rich Dad, Poor Dad as one of the best business books for real estate entrepreneurs. I will admit, I found it to be one of the best ...