Akshat Jain
Buy second property vs construct a second unit in Emeryville, CA?
Hello BP! I am a newbie in the real estate world, I wouldn't even call myself an investor yet. I am looking to get started in real estate and have been reading/ educating myself the last few months. My current situati...
Michael Garrett
401K - Should it stay or should it go now... ?
Evening, Fellow BP'ers:First let me start by admitting that I recently listened to the most recent podcast with Kyosaki's CPA followed by Kyosaki's episode 500. Where basically in the first 10 minutes he poo poos on ...
Jarret Durst
Financing a house in need of some renovations
Hello BP people. I’m going under contract for a house for 40k. This is great, but I’m running into some issues. My original lender said I have to spend at least 100k for a renovation loan (mortgage+renovation costs). ...
Mark G.
Multi-Million Dollar San Diego Rehab/Spec Project
Hello,I have not seen much in terms of case studies of $2M+Rehabs in the Bigger Pockets Forums so I wanted to contribute a little bit: My partner and I primarily organize joint ventures with developers on ground up co...
Account Closed
Think I outbid myself; thoughts on overpaying?
So I’m a newbie investor and I’ve been searching for SFHs to start my portfolio base. The market right now is a racket and extremely difficult to win bids or get deals (unless paying cash of course). What are your tho...
Janea L.
biggest reason people fail in REI
What is the biggest reason people fail as newbies in real estate investment?
Christine Humphrey
"Newbie" Asking for Help - Paralyzed with Fear
Hi BP,
You know how they ask at the end of each podcast "What do you believe sets apart successful real estate investors from all those who give up, fail, or never get started?" --- well, I have been in the "never g...
Rachel L.
MA FSBO Single Family in good location - need advice
Hi BP community -
I'm new to real estate investing and this is the first house I have looked at to use to learn how to crunch the numbers. I would like advice on how to proceed, if this would be worth any fur...
Cody Furry
Wanting to obtain my first property (any size possible?)
Hey Everyone!I'm happy to be here and looking forward to connecting with many of you as I get started with my real estate investing journey. I'm also posting here for accountability of my actions. I really enjoy forum...
Andy Wu
How to get my wife involved more
I bought 9 rentals in last two years. 8 of them are single family house in good area. In average it meets 1% rule. Now I have 10 loans on my name, my wife do not want any loan on her name. I already told her that I w...