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How do you personally use bigger pockets to build your business? Do you mainly use it for educational purposes or do you find leads (whatever leads means to you)? If so how?
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Hello All,I am very curious as to everyone's approach to finding apartment buildings for sale. Do you approach a realtor? Is there some sort of MLS apart from the traditional Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com? I live in the...
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What is your feedback on companies that claim to offer a product like this? The main funding option which most of our clients love funds up to $200K, No income verification needed, No collateral, and O% interest for 1...
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There is a lot of useful info in this forum. But I do have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer:
1: What is the colleagues section used for? Just trying to figure out the purpose of "inviting" a colleague....
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Don and I am relatively new to the site. I am looking to network with folks to gain knowledge and avoid mistakes. I've been investing for about 5 years - mainly in DeKalb, Ill on the NIU ...
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Hello everyone! My name is Jackie Forte. I am a new real estate investor in Maryland. I have been listening to the BiggerPockets podcasts and reading about real estate for about a month now. At 28 years of age, I thin...
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I'm looking at purchasing my first property as a house hack. Where I live in Rhode Island the amount of multi families are limited, but quite a few house have in-law suites. I found a nice 3/2 that only needs a litt...
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I get ads non stop about use this software, buy this, your business and life will change with this yada yada... yada! I wanna know what are the software's you are using and what do they actually do to help you in your...
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If there are any appraisers out there, or people familiar with how they are done:
What are all the things that are looked at when determining the value of a home?
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I created a DBA (doing business as) for my rental property business that is tied to my personal name. Legally, am I ok to list the DBA name and only the DBA name on the line where it says "Landlord" on my lease agreem...