![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/191468/small_1621432170-avatar-j_c.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/625119/small_1621494074-avatar-kevinl101.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
How will the actual crisis impact the real estate market in your opinion?
The fact is that , justified or not, the crisis has already hit many businesses including hospitality & tourism, transportation, financial...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/204064/small_1621433006-avatar-bayislandsaver.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property. A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago. I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/847571/small_1621504385-avatar-georgui.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello, my name is Georgui Kasaev I am an investor and I live in Athens Georgia. I have been immersing my self in everything to do with real estate for the last year and it has been a blast. On 12/30/17 I started my 75...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/27591/small_1693278372-avatar-brighterdays.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it. A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2295692/small_1695272182-avatar-valb18.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My wive and I were in Tulum for the second time in about a month's time and love the whole Riviera Maya. So much so that we are thinking about buying an investment condo in a new development that just blew our mind. T...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1479033/small_1621512716-avatar-matth405.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Who here is a full time wholesaler? If you could go back to the past and talk to the ‘you’ that was JUST starting out before having closed your first deal, what would you tell yourself knowing everything you know toda...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/275387/small_1732537697-avatar-jasongines.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My girlfriend and I have been saving money for a down payment on our first rental property and had initially been looking at single family properties and multifamily properties in upstate New York. In May 2017 I came ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/761227/small_1621496832-avatar-chingju.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi all, I'm a new member here, I've been wanting to own rental properties for a while and finally, I pulled the trigger and now in the process of my first rental!! After I sign the contract, I feel like I'm getting cl...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/313664/small_1621443567-avatar-alicejoyk.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Every single time I'm in any grocery store, walking the street, or anywhere in a posh neighborhood, esp. the Bay Area, I think: * "Golly, gosh, gee, how do these people afford these wonderful homes?"* "What do I have ...