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Are you looking to take your investing from casual to serious someday? Have you ever thought about what it would take to own thousands of units without having real estate run your life?Well, you’re in luck! On today’s...
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I've been a BiggerPockets fan for years, dating back to when the company started as I was fascinated by real estate and wanting to build a legacy / empire that would last decades after I take my last breath. I never i...
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** Keep in mind while reading this that the LA market is crazy. The 2%, 50% and most other rules don’t apply. :-) **Six years ago my husband and I bought our first property - a run down duplex in a transitioning part...
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Wow! That was a fast and furious 2 1/2 months- Let me rewind to the start of it all in San Francisco, CA. I started working with a mentor to learn multi-family value add investing in early 2016. I devoured books, f...
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Everyone has an opinion. I've been talking to a couple friends who think he is God Almighty. They wish for one day to meet him. Being the skeptic that I am, I attended one of these seminars ran by one of his speakers,...
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I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence wholesale investment.
Purchase price: $27,000
Sale price: $52,000
The house garage had burned. The rest of the house was intact, but had immense smoke damage...
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I have officially CLOSED on my SECOND PROPERTY—a single family home, investment rental. This means that I now own two properties in Texas!
It only takes that one family member to start the generational wealth cycle;...
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone here has some good book recommendations for non-multifamily commercial real estate investing.
I live in Portland, Oregon and I currently just own one duplex as a house hack, but my 3 y...
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Just thought I'd make a quick introduction here.My name is Cameron and I'm from Indianapolis. I'm 26, married 5 years, 2 big dogs, and expecting the first little one shortly. I graduated from IU in 2013.I got into e...