I speak a few times a year at different real estate industry events and even a few entrepreneurial conferences.  For the past couple of years, after noticing a really disturbing trend in the marketing practices of Tur...

Just an honest question.Besides being able to "retire early" and maybe do a couple international trips a year, why do you want to acquire a massive amount of wealth? I used to fall into this category. But then I switc...

We have a Strict cancellation policy but guests are asking for full refunds due to events that are cancelled in the area. We are not in a region of the US that Airbnb recognizes in the extenuating circumstance guideli...

What kind of crazy responses have you had to your letters sent offering to buy someone's house?

I've had someone completely chew me out for sending "all of those f'ing" letters and threatened to kick my butt. He expr...

Greetings all! Long story short: I'm highly interested in pursuing the buy and hold route as a real estate investor, however, trying to buy in my own backyard (Orange County, CA) is a bit of a challenge due to the ins...

Happy Friday, BiggerPocketeers!In light of the incredible information over the last few days here regarding starting OOS investing, what is a great "PricePoint" for starting out in a different State? It seems to me th...

I have spent the last few months digging into different aspects of RE investing. One of the best questions I have heard asked is what is your why? Why are you doing what your doing, or what was the motivation that got...

I was wondering what is everyone's set up.We have the basic things set up such as having a LLC, realtor, and a broker. We went under contract twice but we haven't bought anything yet. Plan is to start with a multifami...

Hello everyone, I am a practicing pharmacist/ pharmacy owner from San Jose, California. I recently stumbled upon BIggerPockets and am now obsessed about REI. I have zero experience in real estate investing, but I am i...

Hey BP,I live in San Diego, CA and would like to invest out of state. I like the idea of investing OOS because it means my investments will have to be passive and it gives me the whole country to choose from. The down...