Hi everyone,I'm looking to purchase my first MF deal and I was hoping the Bigger Pockets community could help me with some issues I'm facing. Brief intro, I'm 27 and I became a commercial real estate agent last year. ...

I have been marketing less than a year to absentee owners.This past week’s mailing resulted in a few leads that are holding 5-20 other properties than the one I landed on with my list.I have had a great response ra...

Ruckus erupts at Tampa town hall meeting on health care
Friday, August 7, 2009

A town hall meeting on President Obama's health care reform proposal turned into a spectacle Thursday.

TAMPA (Bay News 9) -- A town hal...

Hey guys,I’ll share more about my first deal and how I found myself here in another post, but I wanted to make a specific post about something that’s been on my mind.I work with a partner (he has the money, I have the...

When I talk to people who have never invested in real-estate before, half of them have no interest in it, while the other half are fearful of it.I usually investigate the people who are fearful of it and try to unders...

Austin Business Journal says a recent report lists Austin as the second riskiest market in the nation for a price downturn. My husband golfs with a guy who says his Austin investors are now buying Atlanta and Phoenix...

Hi, guys and gals, alike. I am new to this industry with learning still my number one agenda before taken most actions. I have seriously been interested in this for a while now and still trying to gain as much knowled...

The subject says it all.  I got a good laugh about it at first.  Then I wondered why.  Sure I have three huge pine trees in my front yard that drop a lot of needles. Perhaps someone drove by between me raking them and...

This is probably dumb, but....

If a foreclosed house is listed for $89900, would it be rude to come in at an offer of $60000 (the house needs $10k-$15k worth of work & comps put it selling at $100k after rehab)?
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For an embarrassingly long time "Buy an 8-12 unit apartment building" has been on my list of things to do. It has been talked about, pondered, debated but has never happened.So, my thought is to make it a 60 day chall...