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I used to insure my rental houses with State Farm but once I went over a certain number of rentals, they refused to insure me for any more houses and I was forced to go to many other random brokers and agencies for po...
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my name is Connie Waddell and I learned of this web site through an email from Bill Bronchick. I have been a full time re investor for 9 years and co-owner of a real estate auction company for 7 years.
Love to talk ...
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Hi BP Members!My name is Erik and I currently live in the Land O' Lakes / Lutz area of Tampa.I've been in the tech industry my whole career (15+ years) as a Software Engineer, Web Developer and Systems Architect for c...
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Hello BigPocketeers!I’m located in Fort Worth, Texas and I have been interested in investing into real estate for years now. Specifically small multi-family rentals. I’m 27 years old and like many people in their 20s ...
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Hi my name is Larry I am a teacher. I have been involved in real estate of sort on and off for many years. I am now doing flips but its getting harder and harder to fine good deal that my 2 partners and I can make any...
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Can anyone refer a good website to use to promote my real estate investment business that is reasonably priced monthly? I currently have 2 that I have used for the past year that have a lot of great features but in tu...
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Recently BiggerPockets released a web series called "Meet the Member" where investors in the community get to tell their story and show display their investments. We are currently looking for 12 people in the D.C. are...
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I’m looking into a house flipping franchise, I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts if it’s worth it or should I just go about it alone.
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Does anyone have a good technique for putting together a presentation of their portfolio for lenders? I am not using any big CRM at the time. Are we talking spreadsheets turned into PDF's? Pie charts? I have multi...
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I have read in several different forums about the 8% rule but I don't completely understand it. Can anyone give me a good explanation of this? Thanks in advance.