![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/778563/small_1640098712-avatar-michaell328.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am embarrassed to confess this, but I guess transparency would be the key to my future success toward anything that may resemble a retirement plan. I will be 49 years old this year and I would suppose that it would ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/686294/small_1621495448-avatar-meem1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
About 2 months ago, a 2/1 SFH in Sunnyvale sold for $2M, and made headlines in the Bay Area for a few days. https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17073100/silicon-va...2 months later, a SFH in the same neighborhood, 2x the s...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2459063/small_1652645045-avatar-andread105.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been learning about REI for the past year and just when I feel like I´m ready to get my first deal going, everyone keeps talking about how we are still in a seller's market and that we have seen better days. My...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1718935/small_1666573733-avatar-jadeng224.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey I’m seventeen years old and trying to figure out what to do with my money. I make upwards of 10k a year from a w2 job and save every penny. I want to own a multi-family house in my college town by the time I am 20...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/157187/small_1621420043-avatar-eaglejack.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have a pretty good job that I've been working at for many years. We have good credit and some money saved. I've listened to many of the podcasts on BP, ready many posts here and have learned a lot.
What I...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/646861/small_1621494588-avatar-antonios22.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I would like to start by saying that this is my first post to the Bigger Pockets community and I am very excited to be a part of it. With that being said, I am reaching out to you guys for guidance regarding my situat...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/231389/small_1621434885-avatar-rmarcant.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Just got an offer 4 days after listing my latest flip property $6,500 over asking. Working with Listing Spark for the first time has saved me over $6,500 in commissions! So that's $6,500 over asking plus $6,500 in com...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1600727/small_1706470104-avatar-brandondpi.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello!I recently signed up for a real estate investing coaching program through my local REIA here in Connecticut. I am considering requesting a refund for my down payment on the program for a number of reasons:* Ther...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/984551/small_1621506833-avatar-tabt.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'd love to hear from those who are on the cusp of leaving their 9-5's, their cubicles, their corporate golden handcuffs, for a new life as a passive or not so passive real estate investor.Will it be this year? Are yo...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1975112/small_1621517211-avatar-ravic21.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi BP Community - I purchased my first rental property in Frankford Philadelphia back in March 2021. I was hoping for it to be the first of many in the Philadelphia area. I wanted to use this property as a way to lear...