Hi All!I'm new to the South NJ, Philly area and have decided its time to step up my real estate game! I'm looking at buying a 5-12 unit apartment. Does anyone have any war stories/ tips from the local area? I'm intere...
I grew up in a poor environment. I use to move a lot and the only thing I had was my handicapped mother. I had no family but her. Then she married an abusive husband when I was ten. Things just got worse. He would bea...
One of the most common questions newbie real estate investors ask is:"I am a newbie and I want to raise private money to buy deals. How can I do it?"I will answer it using my personal experience. I started investing i...
Hello to all Montreal real estate investment people!!!I don't know about you but I am finding difficult to find events or meet up that happen on a regular basis to meet new people, share stories, experience and create...
Calling all underdog RE investors.If you got into real estate because you were an engineer, lawyer, doctor, or otherwise have large amounts of discretionary income, that's cool, but I want to hear from the unlikely he...
As I noticed my last post tick over to 2,999 posts since I joined the site, I thought back to reflect on my introduction to Bigger Pockets so many years ago, what it has done for me, and my biggest mistake :) What h...
I wanted to share my personal "getting started" story with the Bigger Pockets universe. My intention with sharing is to help provide another point of perspective to those who are on the sideline hoping to jump into t...
My husband & I decided to get into real estate investing last summer and purchased our first investment property in SW Florida a few months ago for roughly 20% below market value. Seems like we decided to invest, ...
tell or vent out some of your craziest excuses as to why a tenant fell behind on their rent....it may help other landlords in the future...My most memorable was when I was a beginner landlord, this lady was renting a ...
What do you get when you mix a few arrests, drug dealing and unpaid property taxes? My first BRRRR property that's what! Back in early June, the city released their list of unpaid property taxes from the year prior. I...