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Hi my name is Kellen, I am a professional overseas basketball player. During the offseason, I do not work because I have to train and plus the money is good enough to live off of. The first part of my plan was to in...
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With the new year approaching I am making a goal to read 50 books in 2018. I have read 14 since this September and was curious what some of your favorite real estate, business and self improvement books. Thanks BP!Her...
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You owe it to yourself to check this out and see if the concept matches your beliefs.
A Dell, then Google executive has started this movement to get rid of corruption in DC. His plan is to turn t...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,I have a significant amount of capital in a retirement account and not enough capital in the bank to purchase my next investment property. Does anyone have experience with a self-directed IRA in ...
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I'm hoping someone who's done a 1031 exchange before, or a CPA, can swoop in and drop some knowledge on me. I was over at my CPA's getting my taxes done and talking strategy for this year when the idea of a 1031 excha...
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Sorry if this offends anyone. Also thanks for everyone who has responded to my other questions. This message board is awesome! True learning takes place here at BP forums with real people in real situations.
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Hi all! I'm interested in passively investing in large apartment deals. I already have connections to a few operators and have browsed their packets but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Does anyone have any recommendat...
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I am fairly new to the concept of buying/selling mortgage notes and I have been reading about it. From what I understand (to put in simplistic terms):
Lenders (could be banks, financial institutions, private people) ...
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Hello, my name is Sarah Junker. I am young and wishing to learn as much as I can as to how to break into the real estate world. To begin, I have chosen to look into how to buy banknotes then find investors to sell the...
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I just came back from the R2R event hosted by Brad Sumrok - The event was great and I got to meet tons of successful people who are doing syndications. My question is should you invest in a passive deal first or jump ...