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Hey everyone!A friend of mine turned me onto the Bigger Pockets podcasts as a source of great real estate information, and that led to this site and forums. I'm new to the real estate game, but am very interested in g...
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I just received my first potential seller call from the 1st Direct Mail marketing campaign. The family had been trying to sell their house 3 years for about 5 years, but were forced to rent it out every year until the...
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Hello BP Community! I have been a BP Member for a while and have reached out to some of you; however, I have this is my first post.....I am located in Northern CA (Sacramento area). I have been in Commercial Real E...
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Hello BP, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for sourcing private funds. I have significant experience between being a licensed agent, experienced flipper (30+ 100k rehab budget flips), and experienced wholesaler (5...
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This is a long one, so buckle up. I got into real estate full time during the foreclosure crisis, these are just my observations. The timeframes may vary by market, I can only speak for what I’ve seen in the Florida m...
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With several hundred BP members living in the Flower Mound,, Lewisville, Highland Village & Denton area, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in getting together for a meet-up in the near future and on a ...
Has anyone had any luck with REITs? If so could you point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
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Hey BP folks,Was hoping I could get some insight on the below off market land development deal that I am working on. This would be my first development deal, and so I have been trying to absorb as much info as I can b...
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I was born in low income due to that lived in the hood, bad ones as a kid (Camden, NJ | Projects in PR) also first few years as a married couple (Texas Ave, Americana Blvd, O.B.T.) "Started from the bottom now we here...
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Hey BPI am looking for advice regarding property taxes. My mentor advised moving to Louisiana and investing there due to property taxes being so low. My mentor is a seasoned real estate investor and has many properti...