Hi there,I am freshly new to biggerpockets and very interested in exploring the opportunities of real estate investing. However, there is a major "roadblock" in my near future as a pre-medical / medical student: the m...

There's a letter from 45 Congress members to HUD stating concerns about recent sales of notes to the big players. The letter states concerns that "speculators" don't put neighborhood stabilization at the top of the th...

I am trying to figure out if a property is worth buying. I found a home sitting on an acre lot outside los angeles. The land has several structures on it that I think need to be razed. There is a barn that I think ...

Hello, Everyone!I am interested in learning more about investing in raw land.  Does anyone have any suggestions about educational materials or online classes that worked well for them?  I know Mark Podolsky has some g...

Hi BP community,
Just curious if anyone has attended Than Merrill's Real Estate class and what they thought of it. It is advertised as a free 2hr class about flipping houses in the New Jersey area. Thanks for any inpu...

It sounds like any other Self Directed  IRA.What's different?Google led me to an Entrust website.  Any other good information sources you'd like to suggest?Alan

What are things you look for when trying to determine if an agent partnership is right for you? What makes an agent look great to partner with and what are deal breakers that immediately turn you off from working with...

I submitted a bid on a Fannie Mae property on Monday. It just came off the OO period and there were 5 investor offers. I overshot the listing price by $5,000 because the numbers still work out to slightly better tha...

I have a son who can't drive and recently got a job some distance away. There aren't many rentals in walking/biking distance to his work and as a landlord I know he would be hard to place anyway. I saw a HUD home (now...

I am looking into buying my first property to house hack. I am looking at both SFH and Duplexes. I like that I could have privacy with a Duplex(live on one side, rent out the other), but it has its own challenges. 

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