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Well actually I lied. It's not really my first time posting, but I finally decided to make the jump and become a more active contributor to the community. My name is Chris Tran and from wonderful Southern California. ...
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Ok, so I see that my last topic has become a forum favorite, so I thought we'd see if you could do anything with the measley sum of $100k. I don't really know that there are still super cheap properties around anymor...
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Hey Bay Area RE investors!I am thinking of organizing a small meet-up in Milpitas (or somewhere in South Bay), such that we can discuss about RE investment in Sacramento. I expect it to be not fancy at all. Just a few...
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Hi All,
My hometown of Austin Texas is in a huge growth cycle. The home prices could be argued to be overvalued, so I wanted to look at alternative nearby towns. I came across Bastrop, TX. I found a charmi...
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Hey BP!! I am not new to BiggerPockets, I have been listening to the podcast for several years now but just now deciding to take action on the forum. I bought my first house for a live in flip and rent in December 201...
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Hello all,I'm in contract for my first property in Wears Valley: 4bed/4bath w/indoor pool and media room, 3600 sq ft for 900K. My intention was to go as big as possible right out of the gate for better returns. Howeve...
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Hello all!There is a good chance that I could be relocating to Austin Texas area for work and I have made the commitment that I will be buying my first multi family on my next move. I have done lots of research and re...
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If you can move to anywhere in US for purpose of REI, where would you go (somewhere you can scale up fast) It can be any type of investing, rentals ideally. Is Austin, Texas a good place to start out?
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Hi everyone! Newbie here from the Inland Empire region of Southern California.
I'm currently a program manager in a large consulting firm and am looking to grow my wealth outside of the 8 to 7 job. My only experience...
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Hey all, long time reader - first time poster. I started investing in RE in late 2020 and have slowly built up portfolio and have bought 4 SFR (LTR ) + 1 Multi-Family LTR (~2.5K NOI per month) in Central Texas - all w...