Jason Schimer
How BiggerPockets Saved my Life
I swear this started out as just a sentence:I was born to a father that would drive me to school teaching me about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, anything and everything that involved money. He didn’t drill it but I cra...
Ethan Martinez
buying property in college
I’m a junior in college (finance and real estate), and I want to buy something to get started, probably a house hack. I have good credit and a good DTI the problem is that I have no consistent/good income. My only job...
Julie Marschlowitz
Investor in San Antonio, TX
Good Morning! My name is Julie C. Marschlowitz and I am in San Antonio, TX. I am new to this forum and investing in the San Antonio, TX area, but I am not new to investing. In the past in SO. California I have done 3 ...
Alex Black
Only 4 of the 5 tenants have paid before move in. How to proceed?
I have 5 tenants that are on a joint lease schedule to move in on August 1st. One has not paid yet. How do I handle this situation? So far I've told them that no one can move in until rent has been paid.More backgroun...
Scott Stark
Can students who are unemployed but on scholarship or get stipends they say they will use to pay rent? If so can I work with the school and directly receive payments from such a program?
I have a young couple who are unemployed but say they receive money from scholarships that they would use to pay rent. Anyone heard of this? Any way to get this money from the school? They are young (probably no c...
Charles Clark
Walked AWAY from corporate job after 1 year of investing
Last year, I created my first deal and purchased a four unit. My fiance and I house hacked a duplex, where the tenant pays the majority of our mortgage. And during this difficult time we were able to use an unique str...
Terence Stamp
States that allow self closing
I am trying to research which states allow a self close. The specific niche I am investigating is vacant land. I came across two websites which tackle the topic, but they provide more detail than perhaps is necessary....
Chris G.
Trouble Renting Out Student Apartments
Just moved up positions in a small locally owned property management company. We manage around 120 properties and about 25 of those being in Gainesville a popular college town. Most of the properties there are 4b4b or...
Khayyam Latif
Opinions on investing in a small college town
-I'm interested in a small college town upstate ny and want to get some advice. This specific town is very, very small with absolutely no chance of property appreciation; but for some reason my gut tells me to look in...
Cody Campbell
First Deal : A Free House?!?!?!
My first Deal: HOW I GOT A HOUSE FOR FREE!!!I began listening to BiggerPockets and attended a "Rich Dad Poor Dad" free seminar in late May of 2016. So with my 2 weeks of podcasts under my belt I started looking at pro...