My real estate journey started in 2018 when I found BiggerPockets and decided to jump into the Single Family space in my market, Houston, TX. I loved Commercial Real Estate, Multifamily in particular, but I had a limi...

Hey everyone, I’m new to this platform. I first learned about real estate investing about 3 years ago. Around that time I had just sold my landscaping company. I quickly got my license and worked residential for 2 yea...

Back in 1989, we bought our new home and we turned the old one into a rental property.  The market here in So Cal was very hot and was about at the peak.  Our real estate agent told us to keep the old house and he wou...

Hello,I am an investor in the Los Angeles area and am looking for advice on a private money loan gone bad.  Last year I was contacted by an investor who I was familiar with for a few years, bigger pockets member actua...

Hi everyone! My name is Aaron Yates. I just found this site a couple days ago but have been glued to it for 3 days now. I love it. I needed this years ago so my venture could have been a lot easier for me to get where...

So there ought to be a forum section for mistakes. A place where we can post our defeats, where we can process what went wrong and share with others so they can avoid the pain. Since that doesn't exist. I'll post here...

Hello everyone, my name is Brian Leady I have been a member since 2014, but have never posted on the forums because I have been sitting on the sidelines of real estate investing.  A few months ago I decided that it wa...

I'm 60, son 25.  We have 70K to get started. Both smart. willing to work hard.  I have my own business. Son works as a salesmen.  Can we make a million in 5 years?

Hi BP!What’s the most amount of properties you’ve flipped in a single year? How did it go? How many contractors did you use? How did you find all your deals? How big of a geographical area did you focus on? How many m...

I’m about to rent out the vacant units in my properties, after months of renovating. The rental market is so bad here, that the tenants are having no problem giving out referrals. The first couple of applicants have c...