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Hello BiggerPockets! I'm a brand new real estate agent in California and have decided to give the world of real estate a shot. I came to this choice after trying out the typical W2/9a-5p job and coming to the conclusi...
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I'm surprised San Francisco is doing much better than these areas...http://www.realtor.com/news/trends/top-10-housing-...
I've done some preliminary research on going solar for my primary residence (two unit with flat roof and almost no shade according to comed and project sunroof by google)
Ive run my numbers a few times and I understa...
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Welcome to my thread! I'm going to use this thread as my blog on my 1st rehab property. I ultimately want to get into rental properties and plan to use the profits (hopefully) from this flip to purchase the first ...
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I know some of you don't like political discussions but they directly apply to money, so it's relevant.
I don't care about whether or not you believe in "stimulation" economics or whatever. I don't care if you want ...
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As a spec builder I am always interested in seeing what others are doing around the country. I regularly check in on the threads that have posts showing the progress of various projects, and thought it might be a good...
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Highest property prices in the nation, maybe the world. Yet commission rates are untouched. 5-6% is still standard. But how is that possible considering that'd be more than most people make in a year? $100,000 I he...
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My girlfriend and I are about to jump in on our first flip and was hoping to get the green light from people here.
We've been searching for rental properties mainly but happened upon a foreclosure that came up for sa...
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I thought you might enjoy this article written by Robert Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University:http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/housing-mark...Agree/Disagree? Comments? Thoughts?
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My husband and I have been looking for our first rental - with an 150,000 upper limit. We wanted to start small, no major risk. We'll put abut 50% down. We're looking mainly at condos and townhouses as we are afraid t...