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Hello. My name is Matthew Novelli and I live in Elgin, Tx with my Family. It's about 20 miles East of Austin. I've been listening to real estate podcasts, watching YouTube vides, and read a few books over the last cou...
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Hello all,My name is Mike and I am new to this community. Reading through some of the content, I have been quite impressed with the successes that this community shares and advice that has be given to others when it ...
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I am completely new to real estate but I've been reading books and articles on how to start. I have no money what so ever, but I have a good credit score. I live in New York and I am hoping to start in rental real est...
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Hi fellow life-hackers! I'm in Richmond, VA and got interested in R.E.I. from my downtime during the pandemic. I'm interested in BRRR, house hacking, and getting licensed here in my town. I'm currently the leading sal...
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Hey everyone, I am completely new to real estate investing. I listen to the BiggerPockets podcast pretty regularly and have started picking up some books to read. Big fan! Just a little background info about me I am a...
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Just bought my 1st foreclosure.
We just completed $40,000 in renovations (purchased property on courthouse steps for $40,000) and have it on the market - $150,000.
It has been on MLS for 60 days.
Great neighborhood...
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...Then it would've been a year since I've signed up for Biggerpockets.com! Now that's a long time to wait to say hello. No worries guys, I have kept myself busy in the meantime through the blogs, podcasts and books r...
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Hi everyone! This is my first post. I am getting started in the game of flipping as well as buy and hold properties and wanted a better understanding of how private/ hard money lenders work. When paying back the loan....
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Hey BPers! I know this is the LA county forum but it's the closest one to Ventura county. Hopefully I'm able to post my question here!So, I live in Oxnard and there has been a huge spike in crime this year. Since Jan ...
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Hey Everyone I’m new here at Bigger pockets, completely new to the whole real estate thing. I’m 23yr M, going to be 24 in November, out of Winnipeg Manitoba. Currently out of school, my first year working and would be...