Almost 2 years ago, I was a finance director at a Dodge dealership in my home town. I had been building my rental business but soon learned that having to come up with 15-20% down on each house prevented me from buyin...

I have been with both a small boutique brokerage which had unbelievable commission splits, and with large brand name ones with bad commission splits.  Which do you prefer?I actually prefer the large brand name even th...

Hi Everyone, so 5 months ago I delved into learning about real estate investing. Professionally I've had a successful career as a fundraiser for 501(c)(3) organizations, but I've always known that I wanted to get invo...

I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...

Hello. I'm new to the forum but not particularly to Bigger Pockets. I have been lurking but have decided to get involved because of me and my wife's desire to begin real estate investing. My focus will be wholesaling ...

I just thought I would post this.

Wholesaling for many seems a way to get started with no funds but this simple isn't true.

I was doing small talk today with another commercial listing broker about a ...

The purpose of this posting is to give you Birddogs (Property Locator sounds better) a little help in getting started in the birddog world. I just want to outline your responsibilities as a birddog and how to avoid pi...

I am here trying to get started on the path of real estate and am finding that everyone I talk to (minus people on BP) are almost trying to push me away from the real estate world. Comments like "being a landlord suck...

Hello everyone I’m new to the BP community and have already read a lot of forums for STR in Sevierville TN area but would like some advice on my situation. I’m 25 with a great 9-5 job, my wife just quit her job to sta...