Hi everyone! I recently joined bigger pockets on January 13th of this year. I definitely should have done this sooner. I found bigger pockets through doing resarch and trying to educate myself on my own and I think t...

I own a SFH in Pasadena, MD that my wife and I purchased at the top of the bubble in the Spring of 2007. A house that was built in 1979, and appears to not have received any updates since 1984. Nothing structural or...

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I stumbled across this site from one of the blogs I read. From there I ran into the Podcast, which I've been listening to non-stop. It took me a while (a whole bunch of courage), but I've finally took th...

Hello BP Community! Brian here. I just wanted to immerse myself in the forums by introducing myself, and hopefully make a few connections in the area. I was pointed to Bigger Pockets by my real estate agent, after exp...

My name is Gabriel and I recently joined bigger pockets after finding the podcasts on iTunes. I have been studying real estate investing for about 8 months. I'm from Fort Wayne, Indiana and I'm actively looking at dea...

Hello BP community. Sofia Gonzales here from Chicago Ohare area, my main focus is NW side Chicago SFRs. Just recently shifted from my 17yr corp sales journey to the REI world.  Non of that journey was related to real ...

Hi folks I am trying to figure out which route would be best for me to earn a Colorado Real Estate License. I live in Colorado Springs and I work in Pueblo. I work full time swing shift. I would like to earn it as qui...

What are your thoughts on buying an existing franchise Property Management Company? They state that they have 20-25 properties managed right now. What are your experiences about this? Should I buy it if the numbers lo...

Hi all! I'm on a whirlwind education of 1031 land and have been analyzing how to maximize my results on a recent sale. I'm curious any sage advice on my approach, from those of you perhaps more seasoned here... SOLD: ...

I am assuming some of you wholesalers/flippers out there are also real estate agents, or at least have an agent on your team… so this question is directed to you. 
When you are marketing (be it direct mail, cold call...