Hello,
My name is Elijah. I’d like to share my real estate story with you all:
At 17, I drove to Los Angeles from my small hometown in Vermont. I arrived with $200 in my bank account and all my belongings in an old ...

So I'm new here and stepping out on a (relatively) small scale.

I've been looking at the distressed properties around me, thinking of my retirement, and basically said, "hey, why not build some sweat equity on one of...

I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.

Between working as a real estate agent vs s...

Ok about to make a offer on a very clean rental house that has been rented for 25 years by same renters. Owner doesn't want to sell out right because they don't want to show a big capital gain. They are interested in ...

Three years ago today I was sitting under the fluorescent lights in my cubicle, enjoying a slow week of work because of the holiday, and I googled a question about zoning for one of my properties.Then this MAGICAL thi...

Back again and with more action- today 400 letters will start being delivered by USPS. Here is how I went about this campaign:Stepped up from 200 to 400 yellow letters with red ink and pastel blue envelopes to distres...

Been wanting to write this for a while, but got distracted with my buy and hold houses. I've learned so much from Bigger pockets that I wanted to share my Rookie mistakes and hopefully help others.Overview- Bought thi...

So here's the deal. In a few months I will be quitting my job, moving back to Orlando (A market I know very well) and using a $300,000 investment to kick start my venture in real estate. A small portion of this money ...