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Would it be too much to say that Brandon Turner and Bigger Pockets helped us thrive in the era of COVID? I don’t think so. We’ve gone from two full-time jobs to one and we’ve become accredited investors almost by acci...
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I own an now long since abandoned house in NJ. There was no mortgage but the taxes and W/S bills now far exceed any possible value of the property. The town used to clean up the property and then put a lien on the p...
When we are little we say to others….”When I grow up I want to be a….”DoctorLawyerBankerPresidentEtc.Then when we grow up, we realize that in order to be all the above we need to have a plan. We just don’t happen to b...
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any one have personal experiences with warzone properties? Im certain 95% of all investors will pass on this "deal"... But also know that shortly someone in the 5% will be coming to buy. Fire damaged house in warzone,...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community!This is actually my first post on here, I just discovered BP last week. I think I have listened to 15 of their podcasts already!I'll give you a little background on my situation. I am 25...
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Anyone watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe? I know its a bit off topic, but I saw an interesting episode yesterday. Mike was working with an exterminator who had to remove bees from a house's walls. It was pretty amazi...
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Hello all, and thank you for taking the time to read my very first post.I am 51 years old living in Seal Beach California. I am an interventional radiologist, and work way too much. I recently got some blood work d...
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I'm new to real estate, but not new to entrepreneurship. I started my first business -repairing bikes- when I was eleven years old. I've always had an insane drive and work ethic and I can't understand how anybody wou...
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Hi everyone,I'm a long-time reader and first-time poster here on the Bigger Pockets forums. I've been managing mid-term and short-term rentals for a little over a year through co-hosting and arbitrage, but looking to ...