![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/973079/small_1692638839-avatar-kimh76.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello! This question is for full-time real estate investors who do not have anyone in their family receiving a W2 (i.e. no employees).I quit my "W2 job" in December 2018 and our family now manages our real estate full...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/256482/small_1621436674-avatar-taylorc1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi BP Family!I'm currently living in Chicago in a condo that I bought almost 5 years ago as a foreclosure. I'm trying to figure out what my next best move would be, now that I'm trying to get started in real estate in...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1070845/small_1621605820-avatar-annchen.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi BP,
I've been brainstorming ideas for low-budget and creative direct mail pieces (I have already sent 3 rounds of postcards to absentee owners, but I think it's time to change it up a bit). Since I have access to...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/81468/small_1621415683-avatar-jellicus.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My wife has this theory that lower rent actually gets you better qualified tenants, on the premise that since they're more desirable but often just as frugal as anyone else they can stand out from the field and get th...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/127102/small_1621418121-avatar-ngabriel.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
HI all, which works best? Anyone have experience here? Does the catchy webuyhouses.com work better than SmithHomeBuyers.com? What says you? :)
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1117686/small_1621509153-avatar-adamm233.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Has anyone here performed their first deal using a self-directed IRA?I've got about $15k in an IRA that I'm hoping to do my first deal with, and I also live in an expensive part of NJ, so I'm thinking of out-of-state ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1739485/small_1626305447-avatar-leoc44.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey!I'm currently 17 as a Junior in High School and next year in 2021 I will be going to college. I plan on going to UCSD and house-hacking in San Diego. I have been reading endlessly on topics of house-hacking and re...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/122364/small_1621417859-avatar-futureprospects.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey guys, my name is Matt. I've never purchased real estate before. I'm 25 years old, work a full time job as a voice and data engineer for a multi-national corporation, and currently rent. I've lived all across the c...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/384598/small_1621448177-avatar-jadenc.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi everyone! This is going to be a bit of a brain dump, I appreciate any help!... I'm moving to Nashville to begin residency at the Vanderbilt Medical center. My original plan was to simply rent, but my dad has propos...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2218484/small_1694577942-avatar-tinami.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi all, My kid is on high school now, she say she would like to become like me have few propoerties and collect rent have a simi easy life style, however she doesn't know what major she want to study for becoming a re...