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Melanie Stephens Seeking “Biggest Mistake/Lessons Learned” Stories for BP Magazine
5 August 2020 | 97 replies

Hello BP Investors!
I am looking for stories about your biggest real estate mistake, and what you learned from it, for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. If selected, your story, name and company will be featured in the ...

JC Wu Roofstock review. NEWBIES BEWARE!!
28 July 2021 | 171 replies

Looks like most of the reviews or case studies on Roofstock are about the closing process. I suppose since the vast majority of investors who’ve purchased properties from Roofstock use the properties as buy-and-hold r...

Stephen Rinaldi Buyers need to understand the mistake in "waiting for rates to drop"
13 April 2023 | 90 replies

The reason why this industry brings some of the best and brightest is that is so dynamic, no changes in the market are in a vacuum.  Clients that are expecting rates to slip, a sentiment that I agree with, are missing...

James Wise Short Term Rentals (like Airbnb) have been BANNED!
8 June 2018 | 144 replies

Recently two of the higher end suburbs (Broadview Heights & Seven Hills) in the Cleveland market banned short term rentals. Source ArticleI never got involved in the Airbnb craze myself. Not my business model. I'v...

Marcus Auerbach Thank God I had an LLC!! - Said no one ever!?
19 January 2024 | 140 replies

In 15 years in the biz I have not met someone who got sued and was saved by having an LLC. Every new investor gets hung up on asset protection and there is an entire industry catering to asset protection. There must b...

Adam Zach How Many RE Investors are Engineers?
28 April 2022 | 684 replies

Is it just me or are about 25% of all real estate investors, also engineers? As an Engineer myself I could be biased but curious if anyone has insight. I know folks usually have professional background like IT, accoun...

Robin Searle Movement to ban STR's
24 January 2020 | 102 replies

I've been trying to follow what is happening on the STR front nationwide and would love to hear from BP members about what's happening in your particular city/location as far as restrictions?  When we bought our prope...

Nicholas Brady How important is a bachelors degree as a real estate investor?
15 January 2020 | 158 replies

Hello there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets Community and real estate investing in general but I am eager to learn! One of the first things I am curious about is how important is finishing a college degree in order to...

Joel Owens 100,000 isn't much anymore
12 November 2012 | 25 replies

I just read a very sobering article on Comcast just now. Only a little over 6% make 100k a year or more in the nation.

Adjusted for rising costs many are just getting by and unable to save much.
Hyper inflation hasn...

Steve Hyduchak HELP! Should I stick with law school or start my life?
9 March 2022 | 60 replies

Hey Guys and Gals,

This is not your typical post on BP but, since y'all are going to be similar to me and looking at things from a financial sense I would like to hear your opinions. And a lot of you have exp...