![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/546/small_1621345490-avatar-timwieneke.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
One of the things I always try to be conscientious to is herd mentality. Recognition of herd mentality and the pure luck of a well timed divorce kept me from investing in real estate in 2007 and waiting until 2008 wh...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/93391/small_1621416696-avatar-timbuck2.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/132456/small_1621418440-avatar-billmitchell87.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been wholesaling up until now using my name on the purchase and sale contracts. But I have been closing them regularly enough that I think its time to consider setting up an LLC.
Typically how long doe...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1254271/small_1680130342-avatar-keitha70.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'm just holding and waiting to see how this texas market holds up for a while. Applicants for rentals are plentiful. Meanwhile, I'm broadening my horizons outside of RE for the ducks of it. What are you all doing? Me...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/9431/small_1621348864-avatar-tec123.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I saw a listing on the MLS for a property that is accepting all short sale offers. My first question is...can a short sale be wholesaled? If so, do I have to tell the lender or bank that I plan to wholesale the prope...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/299820/small_1702166260-avatar-annacb.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I not really old. At least I don't think so, but I hate that every year more and more people are using text or Facebook Messenger as their main form of communication. Having a vacant unit this time of year is bad en...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/33644/small_1621366624-avatar-brandonatbp.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey all - I just noticed that the BiggerPockets Podcast is currently ranked #9 in all of the business category in iTunes! This is one of the highest spots I've ever seen it and I need your help to make it go higher!If...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/191805/small_1621432187-avatar-cwcharle.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I joined BP in March of last year after stumbling across the site while searching for real estate information. After a few months of research and study, my then-fiancé and I decided we would pursue rehabbing/wholesali...