Brendan M.
Rookie Mistakes: Renting to a Sex Offender While 7000 Miles Away
It’s now been over 7 months since I acquired my first 4plex. While on paper it’s performed better than expected (so far), in reality it’s been far from smooth sailing. I figured I’d come here to share one of my more h...
Joseph Leguenec
Inter-creditor Agreement for Property Sale. Bad Idea?
Hey there, Long time lurker, first time poster! I have been consulting with various attorneys, and have been getting some mixed messages. Heres the scenario.I have two adjoining properties for sale. They are two separ...
Michael Seutin
buy and hold / flipping or wholesaling
On this thread I would like to know the opinions of professionals if a beginner or an investor with a few years experience wanting to make a living from real estate would be better off putting all of his energy into
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Harry Campbell
Almost done with my Rental Prop Taxes
Thanks to this forum I found NOLO's Landlord deduction guide and it has been a god send. It's answered pretty much every question I had and the examples are super helpful too. Great recommendation.
Anyways,...
Phillip S.
Made BIG mistake with auction purchase - beware of scams
Fellow investors,I expect this topic has been discussed ad nauseam on here but I thought I would share my tale of woe anyway to help others avoid making the same mistakes I did. In August of last year I came across a...
Brandon Mitchell
New Investor Please Vet My Plan!
Hi BP Community,Before I dive into the details let me give you a brief background on myself as this will be my first time jumping into the real estate market. I've just been pre-approved for up to 600k to borrow to pu...
Bryan C.
Starting out virtually
Good evening,I am active duty military currently stationed overseas for another 2 years. I am trying to find a way to get started in real estate investing because I want to build a business or income on the side to s...
Jeffrey M.
Outbid, lost the REI property
Well, after going gang busters on BP podcasts, working the BP calculators, working thru and finally getting the financing worked out, finding a good property, making an offer then a counteroffer, we got outbid and the...
Delbert Standifer
New investors needs help
I'm new from California and have 30k I would like to invest in out of state.
Jason Schimer
How BiggerPockets Saved My Life
I swear this started out as just a sentence:
I was born to a father that would drive me to school teaching me about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, anything and everything that involved money. He didn’t drill it but I cr...