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I’m new to this site and am already learning a lot. Is there an industry standard markup on materials by contractors? When do I know it’s worth my time to shop for, purchase and pick up materials myself vs having the ...
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Hello, I am new to this page and I am 17yrs old and interested in investing in real estate. Over the past 2 years I have been flipping cars and trucks. I have saved a decent lump sum of cash (about 10k). I am waiting ...
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Hello! I’m Casey gunzl born and raised in San Diego, 1 year out of high school turning 19 years old in a couple days and got really interested in real estate in been reading all kinds of books and watching YouTube vi...
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I'm still searching for my first deal, being picky in the process. I'm ideally looking for a somewhat dumpy multi-family home that can be fixed up and rented. Most of these homes are in somewhat questionable neighbo...
Hello all, I hope everyone is well. I'm a brand new member and just found out about Bigger Pockets recently after reading and listening to a variety of books on Real Estate and then coming across the Bigger Pockets po...
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I recently closed on my 8th SFR purchase in 18 months. It's the 4th one I've bought from one particular wholesaler. A day or two before closing, I get a call from the wholesaler's sales person advising that the curr...
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Overthinking about overthinking. Newbie here and planning on learning, reading, practice analyzing and just getting myself as educated as I can before I make any first moves. But my questions is regarding priorities. ...
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Howdy,I've been replying in other threads but this is my first post. Hopefully this is the right place to put these thoughts, but apologies in advance if it isn't.I just moved to the Tyler, TX area, bought a house, an...
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So we’re buying our first flip farmhouse on a few acres. We are buying from homeowner during their redemption period for the payoff. Good buy. We’ve been in contract with Ernest money at title company. The farmhouse i...
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Hello Everyone, My name is Zachariah (Zach) Adkins. I joined BiggerPockets a while ago, but I never engaged with the forum. Perhaps it was because I didn't want to ask a dumb question, or maybe I just thought that I w...