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Hi everyone! I have been lurking for over a year and I am very excited to be making my first post. I currently live in Portland, Oregon where I bought my first home last April (I wish I had known then what I do now). ...
Hey BP community!! My name is Mike and based on the subject and category of this thread, I think you have guessed (correctly) that I am new to the site. I stumbled across the site when I was looking for investment p...
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I'm a little nervous to introduce myself to this community but here goes
hi there, my name is Jose Aguilar I'm 25 years old and live in Whittier CA 90604, I love to eat, work out and read books, and i now have an i...
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Congratulations to @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner on their 200th Episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast!!!Every week, these guys bring you a great show, and this one is no exception! Josh used our community's collec...
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Gary Vaynerchuk joins us on today's podcast! Josh is back in the hosting seat (and explains why he's been absent from the mic recently.)Hear how we're looking for a Marketing Intern to help with Brandon's goal of reac...
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Hello everyone,I’m completely new to real estate investing and am looking for suggestions on where to begin my journey. I grew up in Mobile, AL and currently live in Houston, TX; those are the two areas where I would ...
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Hi,I've been interested in real estate investing for a while but never new where to start. Last month I found Bigger Pockets and have been listening to a BP podcast almost everyday. I've taken my first steps of regis...
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Hello everyone my name is Dyon and I am currently a full time truck driver and although I don’t have my RE license yet I am really interested in the day to day life as an agent and investor. I’m ready to connect to pe...
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I'm Layla Sewell. I'm a military brat living in Los Angeles, but making the move to Lexington, South Carolina this summer. I'm a wife and mother who works full time as a Social Worker. I'm about to 1031 exchange my SF...
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Hello BP community! I'm 28yr from the NW Chicagoland area and I've been interested in REI for quite some time now. Having stumbled upon BP a few weeks ago, it has brought in a whole new light for me!! I've been soakin...