Hi Bigger Pockets (South Florida), I'm Matthew Ricci.  I'm excited to be back in the sunshine state (paradise).  After having served an (exciting :) 6 years in the Navy on Nuclear Powered Submarines, graduating from c...

Hello fellow BPers!First off, I consider myself privileged to have found this site. I've been lurking and learning for just a little while and I've been blown away by the sheer amount of nuts and bolts type posts I've...

Hi everyone! Im Mark from South Bend Indiana, Just starting my venture in the world of real estate investing after lurking for a long time.  Im looking to obtain a couple single family homes for the purpose of renting...

Todays my 30th birthday, so I figured I’d write a success story and include failures on here:I got started in 2013 and bought 2 properties. One was a rental fixer upper that I got in way over my head on. The property ...

Hi.I am new and learning all I can from a book, my realtor, and my lender. I've been told I need a good CPA and a handyman. What else do yall suggest? I am hoping to buy a house to move into by March and rent my curre...

Im really curious and want to get into real estate, I’m thinking about starting small with my local area and flipping trailers/houses for profit. My only problem is I don’t exactly have people who would be willing to ...

I live in Virginia. I have 5 homes that I manage myself. I'll be getting my real estate license in a few months. My question is. Do I legally have to run my personal rental agreements through my brokerage and pay them...

Since they instituted a clause in their approval letter that says they will rescind the short sale transaction if the property is resold within 30 days . This is provision # 10 in their short sale approvals which is p...

I have done my "due diligence" by reading about 15 threads on SDIRAs, and still have a few questions.Does anyone use a custodian that specializes (or is especially effective with) private money lending (not buying exi...

BP Community,I recently did my first private money deal (as a lender). The borrower is someone I know personally, and we intend to do additional deals together in the future. We stumbled through this first one togethe...