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Aloha everyone! I'm new to BP. I have been working as a Registered Nurse for 5 years at a hospital and my wife is a social worker for an insurance company who works mostly from home. If there is one thing I realized s...
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I borrowed $120k from a family member to buy a primary residence for me and my family (I will pay him back $1k/m for the next 10 years, starting next month, or refinance if needed).Last night I was talking to my wife,...
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I'm an investor in the Bay Area and Indianapolis metro area. I've seen a lot of posts suggesting to beginning investors, many of them Californians that Ohio is a great market, particularly with Google, Intel, Honda, a...
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Hey everyone! To celebrate the new ability to upload photos easily here on the forums, I'd like to start a "before/after" thread here on the site so people can post their favorite transformations!
This is Y...
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So.........................................Here's the deal.
I know a really really really smart guy. He's what I'd call an 'actual expert' for Bank Of America.
Well, recently, I went to him and said, handle all my...
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Hello everyone! I am happy to have recently joined this community after much consideration.I am eager to start this journey and like many of you, I assume, I have no idea where to begin. To give you guys some context ...
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Hello, Newer member to Bigger Pockets but fairly knowledgeable with residential real estate. Question: I'm looking at duplex in Indianapolis, IN that's listed for $60,000. Condition looks okay from the pictures. Befor...
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im trying really hard to get the ball rolling with my real estate investing passion. the problem is I only really have about 12k to work with.i am having a hard time knowing if deals are "good" or not because im not s...
I am not sure there is really a good thread here in BP which address this question. I know there are many blogs but those do not provide expanded conversations around the idea, IMO. If you are a seasoned, new or pot...
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I have watched several discussions, including David Greene's video, around the recent lawsuit against NAR and RE brokerages. Learned a lot but there is one thing I just don't understand. If we look at the numbers, the...