Hey everyone, I'm very new to the real estate world. I'm currently in the process of closing on my first property [a single family and a 2 unit building]. I'm very excited to get started and feel very confident about ...
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Hi BP Community, I live in Kelowna, British Columbia and recently passed my BC Mortgage Broker exam. I'm 29 years old own a Househack. I'm currently employed as a General Manager in the Tourism Industry but looking to...
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Hi everybody,I like to see how macro trends affect investment opportunities. With an overall jittery stock market and energy prices at historic lows and continuing to fall further; how do you see that ultimately affec...
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I have worked in the hospitality (hotel) industry for the past 11 years. I am responsible for all hotel financial/accounting items. Does working in the hotel industry count as a real estate professional if I also ma...
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I am a 20-year-old full-time college student in Los Angeles, about to receive my associate's degree, majoring in finance, and interested in getting into real estate. I wanted to learn the best way to get into this fie...
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We currently have a farm property (primary residence) just outside of a quickly growing town in Colorado. We are wanting to subdivide our property. We have opened zoned property right now and we want to leave a sectio...
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Hi BiggerPockets Community!My name is Matt Peterson and I discovered Bigger Pockets today while searching for real estate investing podcasts. As my subject line suggests I am interesting in learning more about the re...
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Hi AllI am a newbie to this and planning to use my self directed ira for investment. I am curious to know about crowdfunding in real estate. Anybody who has any interest or experience with this field? I understand thi...
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I wanted to hear if from the community: which asset class are you focusing on and why? Non residential commercial has lots of options: self storage, many subcategories of industrial, office...
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Hi all - I'm Stu Winternheimer from Indy. I've been in the funeral/cemetery industry for 20 years and have owned my own monument company for 5 years (yes, tombstones). I love the industry, but there are so many chang...