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I am 19 years old and currently attend college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I have been very interested in starting my journey as a real estate investor and have recently read the BiggerPockets book, "...
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Hello everyone,
I am new to real estate investing and I found a place that I feel is an excellent investment for me. I currently work for a real estate appraiser and we have done extensive research on the property an...
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So - I'm still looking to do my first deal and wondering if any of you successful investors would care to share the numbers on a BRRRR deal that you used hard money lenders to purchase the property and maybe even cove...
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Hey everyone -First post here as I'm just getting my feet wet, but I'm looking to buy my first rental property within the next 6-9 months and was curious what you would recommend for a first time investor. I'm waitin...
Debt or Leverage of Low interest, what is best plan before retirement?we live in California, have primary home and a rental home. I have 530k balance primary home first mortgage locked 3.5% for 30 years (PITI=$3263), ...
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Hey Everyone,Just closed on my first flip in Maryland. The seller smoked heavily in the property, house is 1250 sq ft and is a rancher style. I was thinking we needed to remove carpet, scrub walls, and then prime, but...
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Hope this post finds you well. As I sit here at my J-O-B sharing my first post to the bigger pockets family, I would like to get some feedback/ direction. So a little back story about me, I'm 20 years young from the ...
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I am really drawn to the idea of building a large portfolio in low income and affordable housing areas. Areas were 90% or more of my tenants will be on sec 8 and government assistance programs. Some of the concerns I ...
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Attended a speech today by a couple Chines drywall specialists. It was heated at times but here is what was agreed on.
1. It is a mess.
2. There are NO guaranteed answers
3. We haven't even touched on the commercial p...
I'm 23 years old and I just started working for a mortgage company for investment properties. This has really sparked my curiosity about real estate investing. I'm curious as to how most people got their start, what k...