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I was researching businesses for sale in my area and wanted to find out can I purchase an existing retail business that has existing emplyees?
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Greetings fellow Bigger Pocketers!!!! I realized that I've been on the site for awhile and I've never properly introduced myself to the rest of the community. I was born and raised in the greatest city on Earth!! I jo...
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I need help deciding what to do with my commercial building. I have a 3,000 sqft (plus full basement) commercial building in what I consider to be "B" area. I'm split between "converting" into 2 retail spaces, or an o...
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Browsing Craigslist real estate ads, I found something interesting in a small town in NH about 3 hours north of me here in Boston. I have family nearby and know the area pretty well. It's an economically depressed tow...
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One of my marketing campaigns turned up an interesting mixed use commercial property. One of the direct mail pieces went to a seller that had a property that I was not really interested in. During our conversation ...
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Hello Everyone,I purchased my first investment property 2 weeks ago and it was unfortunately broken into over the weekend. The thief stole all the tools in the house, some were mine and others belonged to my contracto...
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Hi bp friends,First I would like to Thank you all out there for sharing so much knowledge!I'm from New York (queens)After long time of reading and getting education I'm happy to say that we just bought our first inves...
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Hi, I have around 50 investment properties and am looking for an new insurance agency. Does anyone know of any company that can do some type of umbrella policy and insure everything as a bulk package? My properties ar...
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Have an opportunity to buy a mixed use building in the village square from private owners. We bought our business building from them last year and they are good family friends. Building has three large commercial st...
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I have a cousin, who is a contractor, and we have been talking about wanting to work together and get into real estate investing. I have spent the past year listening to podcasts and reading books trying to educate my...