Phillip Gonzales
War chest savings for business
Hello BPSo I have been doing a lot of thinking and wonder if some of you have done this before starting your investing career. I want to start off in a sense with a pile of money in the bank which is only used toward...
Jeremy A.
Grad student new to real estate interested in sacramento
Hello everyone! My name is Jeremy Andrews and I am new to this website. My wife and I are currently graduate students in the bay area. Audiology and physical therapy respectively. We both have a passion for helping ot...
Philip Cutting
What are annual dues for a realtor in Columbus Ohio (Franklin County)?
I'm looking at getting my RE (sales?) license in Columbus ohio. My goal is to get the broker license to build my RE company. Starting out, what are the annual dues (mls access and such) for a RE agent? Once you take ...
Tim Southerton
New Member intro - Hillsboro, OR
Hi everyone!I'm new to BiggerPockets and doing everything I can to learn more about real estate investment. My goal is to get started sometime in the next year or two with the Buy and Hold strategy. It sounds like a s...
Daniel Ryu
'Sneaking' my way into REI - getting into the game w/o investing
Imagine this: You’re over 40 years old. You’re living in Korea and you decide you want to invest in US Real Estate. Only.. you don’t have any experience in real estate investing, you don’t have any networks, and you h...
Zach Harsin
Taking Action - What's your excuse?
After hearing that my 90-year-old grandfather, who now relies on a motor scooter most days to get around, just returned from a trip to obtain continuing education in order to his civil engineering license active, I re...
Daren H.
I want to invest in RE. My wife wants a new primary residence.
Before anyone gets the wrong idea, let me just say my wife is a wonderful, low maintenance, and supportive woman. For a couple of years, she pushed me to look into real estate investing (buy and hold) but I blew it...
Joe S.
Who is investing in their own physical health?
So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...
Trevin Fritschka
New guy in Madison, Wisconsin
Hello BP! My name is Trevin Fritschka, I live in Madison, Wisconsin and just getting into the world of real estate. I've been spending a lot of time on this site, and listening to as many podcasts as i have time for. ...
Chris Penny
Are rent control building worth pursuing?
I live in Los Angeles and there are many older building that are rent controlled. l always assumed that a smart investor would be reluctant to purchase such a property because it would have limited upside. The strat...