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Hello everyone, I am 19 and have been learning everything I can about REI over the past 3 months. I have primarily focused on flipping to sell because that is what appeals to me the most but I pretty much understand ...
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Hello everyone,My name is Kervens Germain-Philistin. I want to be more financially intelligent as Robert Kiyosaki illustrates in his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad." I figured a community like Biggerpockets would allow me t...
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Hi Everyone,My name is Josh Davies and I am new to the Bigger Pockets forum. I have listened to the podcast for quite some time now and absolutely love it!The reason for this post is I have recently moved to Orange Co...
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Hello BP,
This is my first year as an active real estate agent in Roanoke, VA. I am considered an independent contractor by the IRS and will receive the 1099 form instead of the W-2 form that I am accustomed ...
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Just wanted to make a thread to see if anyone has any suggestions for majors involving Real Estate. I was thinking about majoring in Finance and Statistics, but was curious if anything else would relate better to Real...
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It came up a while ago that there are free college classes available from places like Stanford and MIT. There are new ones coming out now in video format which until now had been a short coming with MIT (text and pdfs...
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Hello all, I am new to real estate investing. I am happy to have been directed to Bigger Pockets and look forward to learning as much as I can from the wisdom of the members in this community. I first joined in Novemb...
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Hello everyone,My name is Emiel and I am 23 years old and reside in the Greater Boston area. I recently graduated from Bentley University and work full time as an accountant. I want to invest in Real estate within a y...
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Hello Everybody,My Name is Tommy Revithas and I am from Long Island, NY. I graduated from college in 2016 from State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany) with a double Bachelor's degree in Economics and Psyc...
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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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