Skip to content
×
Try PRO Free Today!
BiggerPockets Pro offers you a comprehensive suite of tools and resources
Market and Deal Finder Tools
Deal Analysis Calculators
Property Management Software
Exclusive discounts to Home Depot, RentRedi, and more
$0
7 days free
$828/yr or $69/mo when billed monthly.
$390/yr or $32.5/mo when billed annually.
7 days free. Cancel anytime.
Already a Pro Member? Sign in here
Pick markets, find deals, analyze and manage properties. Try BiggerPockets PRO.
x
Results (1079)
Martin S. Surprising how little discussion of RE scams here
15 September 2016 | 53 replies

Through experience and observation there are endless scams in the Real Estate Industry. I'm a math guy, I do the numbers and can forecast value, so a scam is pretty obvious to me. I've been reading BP on and off for o...

Michael Shuster 10 Reasons People are Successful in Business
19 February 2009 | 75 replies

My colleague Nick Ikonomou and I share some common beliefs about the traits which are found in virtually every successful person - especially in real estate investing. Nick shared them with his friends, and I am now d...

Elijah Brown From $200 to 70 Units at 24 Years Old
21 January 2022 | 95 replies

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 ...

Darrius Singleton Who do people assume wholesalers are bad or dishonest?
17 November 2017 | 36 replies

I genuinely want to know why people assume wholesalers are bad or dishonest? I am thinking about becoming as a means to get into the real estate arena. I have gone to networking event and hear people talk negatively a...

Mindy Jensen How Do You Ethically Invest in a Disaster Zone?
13 September 2017 | 50 replies

Harvey damaged 203,000 homes in Houston - at least that's the number I read this morning. I'm sure it's going to go up. I read 90% of homes destroyed did not have flood insurance.Irma looks to be headed to Florida. Sh...

Sean Merant repossessing my house in GA
21 January 2013 | 20 replies

If anyone can help I would appreciate your input.
I personally sold a home to a young couple with kids who I thought just had a bad run of luck; little did I know I would be victim to them refusing to pay the mortgag...

Xavier Wofford nightmare in Virginia Beach, VA
21 October 2016 | 10 replies

Good afternoon BP,I recently just purchased my first condo in the Hampton roads area in February 2016 and for the first two months everything was amazing.....come May anything that could go wrong did.   I planned for ...

Steven J. Tax lien ethics - holding back yards and drain fields hostage
2 January 2018 | 14 replies

I've recently had some great discussion with a fellow tax lien investor and I've been researching liens more and more. Come to find some potentially quetionable ethical calls made and I'm curious to hear what others b...

Charlie MacPherson Has anybody ever used an MFR as an investment for their church?
14 December 2017 | 27 replies

The church where I've been a member for the last 10 years is trying to recruit a new pastor, as our previous pastor moved back to his home state after 9 years with us.  Like many churches, our congregation is both agi...