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Hi BP Community! My name's Matthew Gould. I'm a CPA from Los Angeles, CA looking to get started in real estate investing after getting inspired from some of the BP books and Gary Keller's Millionaire Real Estate Inves...
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Aloha, my name is a Kaohu Seto, but my friends call me Kao. I am a newcomer to BP and am excited to finally be here. I am also a beginner investor who is interested in passive cash flow using my SDIRA, and Im looking ...
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I need to sign up for "pro" so I can share the numbers, but I'll give a cliffs notes version here until I do. I'm bummed. I planned my afternoon around seeing this property, saw the value numbers-wise, but my wife bro...
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The time is right for me. I am a budding RE investor who is researching the wide variety of options for investing, and starting to network. I left a career as a Physical Therapist in Canada to relocate to the US wit...
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Hey y'all, and greetings from southwest VA!I am a super-newbie, and by that I mean I have ZERO RE experience. I'm starting at the very, very bottom and hoping to work my way up and create a life doing something that I...
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Hello! I joined the bp community well over a year ago but have only been reading the message boards and blog. I realized I have yet to introduce my self!My name is Samantha! My husband Marco and I are from Tacoma, WA....
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Laid off from 14 years at a job, working 100% commission and earning the most I've made ever in only 6 months last year (2022, over $200k). It was a J O B. Not much fun, but I was great at connecting with others, bein...
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Hello BP Nation! I am here to tell you all of my latest closing. I got my first multifamily investment! As some of you may know, last month I celebrated being a bicoastal investor when I settled on a single family pr...
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Hi All,
I recently sold an investment property in CA and am looking to do a 1031 in a landlord friendly state. My criteria is as follows:
1- Primary goal is appreciation over the next 5/6 years, cashflow positive pr...
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Hello!So this is my first post at biggerpockets, and the first time I'm asking anyone about real estate in general. I am less than two month away from finishing my Industrial and Systems Engineering undergrad degree ...