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Hello everyone, my name is Max Couper and I am from the Bay Area in California. I'm super excited to have joined this community and begin to build my foundation in REI. I am currently a senior in high school nearing g...
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Hi everyone. My name is Danny and I've been a software engineer for the past 18 years and currently residing in the South Bay CA area for the past 14 years. I started real estate investing in 2011 after having rea...
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Hello BP family, I found out about bigger pockets a few months ago but still haven't been as active in the forums as I need to be. I'm originally from Belize City, Belize Central America. I lived the majority of my a...
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Good afternoon! I am a licensed realtor here in the Central Florida area. I originally got into real estate for the investing aspect of it. I am looking to take that step and start to gain experience.
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Hello all! I am a new member from the San Antonio looking at getting into real estate in and around the San Antonio, Austin, and Houston areas with everything in between! I am a 23yr old currently serving active d...
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Hi Everyone!I'm a 25 y/o working in the hospitality industry. My end goal is to own a small investment company that owns and operates small hotels, inns, and apartment complexes. I believe that my first step into this...
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Im new to BP and posted my first blog entry at http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs
I was expecting some insightful comments and criticisms. Did not get any. I noticed none of the other blogs dating back weeks appear t...
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I just became of age to get my real estate license. I really want to start working in real estate. I was wondering where and how I should start in the most cost affective manner.
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I came across this site called the Clever Investor and I am curious if anyone has heard of this? Is it a legitimate company or just another one of the real estate scams out there? Any info would be greatly appreciated...
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Would you consider college to be essential when going into a field such as real estate?