I'm in the Army and we've always been renters, so we decided that our next move would mark the beginning of our goal to collect properties to live in prior to renting out.  Well, leave it to Uncle Sam to start our rea...

For those of you with strong personal habits or schedules how did you discipline yourself? I have a lot of plans for myself which include: full-time real estate, entrepreneurship, etc, but I think working on myself sh...

Congratulations to Mindy Jensen and BP on the questions you posed to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Investor Conference today. Nice to hear Mr. Buffett's views on real estate in 201...

A lot of people ask us why we build new instead of renovating and I just wanted to share a few reasons with you guys to get your thoughts!1. We have complete control over the budget from day 12. Finished value is alwa...

Hi everyone!  I am fairly new to this type of Real Estate investing, as a career, even though I have been a builder and developer over the years.  Obtaining money for projects of that sort most always goes through tra...

Hi AllHappy new year. Back again with few more questions to seek experts input.I am currently looking to shortlist some locations for my first rental investment property.When you look location what factors do you cons...

I am new to Bigger Pockets. I am very much interested in investing in real estate for a couple reasons. Generational wealth being a father of three.Leaving a string foundation for my children and additional streams of...

Quick Note: This post is an introduction to who I am, what I do, my current situation and what my plans are in the near future.Hello everybody and I'm glad to have stumbled upon the BiggerPockets community!BackgroundM...

Hi, all.  I'm a new member from Northern Virginia and originally from Buffalo, NY.  I currently hold a "full time" job.  I figured this would be a good place to go to continue my real estate education. I'm currently l...

I'm a developer who learned lessons during the 5 year downturn.  Having converted all my apartments to condos between 2001 and 2006, I went into residential. My timing was off so I now want to get back to my roots, bu...