Adam Dorn
Just wondering everybody's education/background?
I was just wondering what everybody's education or background is? seems that a large percentage of you folks have some type of formal "business" or finance education, or come directly from the world of Real Estate?
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Jay Hinrichs
How U.S. can lower housing prices? And Could Trump look at Broker model as Broken?
I think there is a pretty easy way to lower prices of housing to some extent.. And that is to do away with Mortgage Broker and have all home loans orignated by the direct lender/ Banks..
I personally bought a home i...
Jeff Warner
Anyone use a Buyers Agent to offer on REO's?
I'm curious how many people use a Buyers Agent to flip REO's instead of going directly through the Listing Agent? If so, are you having success?
I'm NOT trying to go the route of making 100's of lowball offers and b...
James Bynum
Recently received an inheritance and working on a strategy.
I recently received about $300,000 in inheritance money and am looking to start buying rental properties. Homes are pretty cheap in my area (Spartanburg, SC), most decent homes are going for around $80,000. My questio...
Twana Rasoul
If you are starting out, DO NOT pay for mentorship
It is pretty amazing to find just how many people are offering "mentorship" for 10s of thousands of dollars to newbies who want to get into real estate. What is more amazing is the amount of people actually buying th...
Jonathan Pflueger
Up Votes - Etiquette and do They Really Matter?
I have been wondering about this topic for a while now. How much do up-votes matter on BiggerPockets? How much do they matter to you? Is there any etiquette when deciding to cast an up-vote or not? Ideally, I want to ...
Joseph M.
Will more stock investors invest in real estate?
This article posted on the Wall St. Journal site was interesting.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324761004578282240778834074.html
It talks about people losing interest in stocks. It doesn't mention t...
Christopher Hall
What is the best approach to deal with my debt?
Like a lot of young people have done my wife and I have managed to place a lot of debt on top of ourselves, some of it good some of it bad. My wife is a teacher making 35000 a year. She is a 10 month employee so her p...
Armel Bayot
New aspiring investor from the Bay Area
Hello BP community,I work as an ER Nurse and got bit by the real estate bug early this year after getting my property in the Bay Area. Attended a couple of seminars about real estate investing and almost bought a $20...
Rehaan Khan
Thoughts on RE market during COVID-19
Where is the Real Estate market headed from here, will the prices go up, down or remain the same. Thoughts?