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Much of this thread is repost of parts of other threads and blogs from a year ago. I"ve been continually asked about this subject and there are lots of newbies on BP that may benefit from this.
I want - to start wit...
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BRAND NEW to the world of real estate investing. Currently educating myself as much as possible before feeling ready to get out there and start networking and making deals. Two minutes after I finished “Investing in r...
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So i started my real estate business up about 4 years ago me and my wife and took over are area. Now my family and friends come to me asking questions and starting to try and do exactly what i do. They never had any i...
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I just wanted to see where I am in the grand scheme of things here...how old were you when you purchased your first property? I am 26 and will purchase my first property later this year (December time frame). Also, if...
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First off I'm in Los Angeles and I'm trying to purchase these houses to flip and apartments for buy and hold. I've had a decent amount of success buying and holding (SFR-apts) as well as flipping. Everyone here knows...
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For a newbie, doing ceramic/porcelain tile oneself could take a very long time I assume, with the inevitable measurement mistakes, do-overs, etc.
How much money do you save by doing tile (or flooring in general) by y...
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Hello all!My name is Dustin Kroeker and I live in Santa Cruz, CA. I grew up in the Central Valley of CA in Bakersfield. I have also lived in Michigan (played for the Detroit Lions) and Seattle, WA (played for the Se...
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Hi BiggerPockets!I'm Kurt, I've just discovered this community and the podcast in the past week and have been consuming as much information as possible. Recently my wife and I have decided to start looking into Real E...
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Im a 17 year old girl and I plan on getting into real estate. I have (what I believe to be) a pretty strong plan from getting my real estate license to house hacking to eventually full on land lording and retiring bef...
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Okay, I'm writing this post, because I just read a blog article on the BiggerPockets blog about turnkeys working from an investment perspective. The problem is that the author has been investing for less than a year....