Hi all, To become a decent sized player in the real estate market, what is the best background to have? An MBA, some other type of formal eduction/business courses, self-education and experience, or ??? I realize peop...

First I would like to state how truly happy I am to have found this site and how excited I am to gain useful knowledge from all of these great resources.
Now a little bit about me. I am a rece...

Reasonable wear and tear seems subjective. I have a bachelor military tenant, whom was negligent and never cleaned. The toilet had dark brown stains. The formica counter drawer corners were chipped off and full of wat...

If a person went around town claiming they were an Architect and all they have done is read a book on the topic; Then proceeded on promising people they can design their dream home, it would come off very disrespectfu...

Greetings everybody!I am very excited to be a part of this community and I love seeing all the support and networking that is occurring on here. Thank you all for welcoming me into your lives and for the support as I ...

My name is Julian Sibley, I came across the BiggerPockets community through a friend who recommended the podcast.I work as a mortgage lender in the Everett, WA area and I am a recent college graduate.I was born and ra...

Hey everyone,I've been a member of BiggerPockets since 2013 but never did much with my membership except read the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and made a few posts. Now that the end is near on my Bachelor's degree, I wan...

I am looking into investing into real estate and want to see what everyone thinks about getting into rental homes without a home of my own. I live in CA so buying a home is hard without a lot of money but investing ...

Hey bigger pockets! My name is Tomas Sablon and I'm 21 years old as of July 25th! I am currently enrolled at Gwinnett Technical College where I am working on a bachelors degree for biology. However real estate is some...

Hello all, wanted to quickly introduce myself! I have ~ 15 years in the construction industry under my belt with both residential (GC) and commercial (retail PM) experience. About 8 years ago, I jumped off the deep e...