I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...

So I started my real estate investing journey about 3 months ago and since then I have poured over STR properties, analyzed data and so far Im coming up short.  I think part of it is that I have about 130k to invest a...

Hi All,

"Locating Cash Flowing Property" is the name of the game, wouldn't you agree? My reality for the last 5 years has been that I've lived in a area that is not good for cash flowing property, and I guess I am k...

I've been practicing running numbers on various deals in town and I found this 22 unit apartment listed in Tampa, FL. The apartments are located in a central location in Tampa and the owner has converted them to short...

To all of you bloggers, I know some of you have blogs that are highlighted on BP, are your blogs also part of a blog that you do seperately in your business, or do you do them only for BP? Do you write a blog that goe...

Hey there, My name is Logan and I am new to Bigger Pockets.  My first question for the BP community is about taking more advanced Rich Dad Education ( now called "Legacy Education") courses.  I went to the free semina...

Hello, My name is Neal Richardson, President of Dream Builders 4 Equity ("DB4E").  DB4E is a nonprofit organization that teaches at-risk high school students about real estate investing and development.  The students ...

How does everyone feel about this hype over Doug Fath "Six figure student housing"?

I watched all of his videos and will join in on tonight's webinar. I like his ideas and his strategies. However I feel that having n...

I'm curious to see, anecdotally, how everyone is doing now that the summer is over. I know there was plenty of discussion about a slow-down earlier in the year in many markets (including mine). 
I am in Four Corners....

Good Morning Fellow Investors, I am writing this post in hopes of getting some advice, recommendations, or prudent remarks from investors who have a lot more experience with real estate than I do. Since my time is lim...