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Hi everyone,I recently started a new career at a hard money lender and came across BiggerPockets when researching the industry. The company I am with has been lending in numerous states for over a decade and our owne...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm Mark Elfving from Denver, passionate about real estate investing for about a decade. I'm particularly passionate about multifamily acquisitions and development.
Outside of real est...
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I am wondering if everything in the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and other real estate books for beginners that were written a decade or more ago still completely apply to nowadays investing. I know the markets and inter...
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What aspects of commercial real estate do you find make it (or not) a worthwhile investment?
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Hello everyone,I've been in SoCal for a decade and currently live and work in Westwood. I work in a telecom startup as a director of product. I own an SFR in Memphis, TN, where I lived before moving to SoCal. It is re...
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https://apple.news/APUFQQwoyQN6GYV1bz217-gIf things like this go nationwide it will get bad fast. Much worse than a run of the mill recession. And while people want to blame it on the virus our economy & society h...
For over a decade I have focused my real estate investing in Oregon but have some opportunities to operate in Washington. For various reasons I need to start a new LLC and I am wondering if it is better to form an...
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Hello everyone, I'm looking for a solid general contractor in newport news to do some minor rehabing (~10K) in the Newport News area. Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks!
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Hello everyone, I am a new investors in college. I have $3000 to start out and I was wondering what the best and quickest way to make $10000 from that $3000 to pay for my college apartment
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I'm researching buying my first rental property as a retirement investment. Since I plan to hold it for 2-3 decades, I need to take inflation into account. However, the BP Rental Property Calculator doesn't seem to do...