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Alicia Marks QOTW: How long did it take you to purchase your first investment?
22 August 2022 | 135 replies

Welcome to our question of the week! Based on last week's responses, we have a lot of lurkers that have not purchased their first property. Buying the first, or even second and third can feel pretty nerve wracking. So...

Alton P. $5.3M to use but 0 experience. Advice...?
22 January 2024 | 96 replies

Title says it all. Currently live in Orlando. Made money from other businesses in a relatively short time and at a relatively young age, and now want to put it into real estate. Problem is this would be my first real ...

Alli McGee Hello and welcome to BiggerPockets!
6 January 2023 | 161 replies

Hello and welcome to our community! 👋👋👋Next step: After uploading a profile pic, kindly introduce yourself here! 
1. 🌎 Where you’re based + where you (hope to) invest
2. 💫 What your goals are with joining BiggerPock...

Mike R. Los Angeles has gone housing market crazy.
19 May 2017 | 183 replies

I have been renting a house for the past 7 years in LA and now sadly the family wants to move back in. I figured it's time to buy my own place, especially with rents so high, but timing couldn't be worse. Every home h...

Cal C. Ramsey or Kiyosaki doesn't matter! Getting rid of "bad" debt is important!
21 June 2015 | 124 replies

I strongly believe whether or not you use debt or don't use debt to buy real estate, it is important to pay off debt that is not related to your RE investments.   All of that interest your paying is money that could b...

TJ Walker How to rationally select a long-distance market for investing?
10 January 2018 | 70 replies

I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...

Aaron Mazzrillo The answer to those "wholesaling is illegal, unethical, immoral" statements...
25 October 2014 | 137 replies

$7M on one deal and it's out there for the whole world to see.http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/14/joel-schreibers-waterbridge-flips-williamsburg-contract-for-106m-sources/Now, all you naysayers, please have a seat ...

Eric James Help me understand the advantage of multi's
5 February 2018 | 78 replies

I frequently hear/read that large multifamily properties (i.e., apartment complexes) produce better returns than SFH or small multifamily (2-4 units) properties. I just can’t see it in the numbers, as I can figure the...

Brian Nordman Is Whole Life Insurance a smart investment to diversify?
6 February 2019 | 165 replies

Alright, so I've done some research into Whole Life Insurance and I think it has some awesome benefits. In my research though it seems to be pretty equal between the people who strongly advise against it and for it. O...

Demetrius Bradley Why should anyone use a Realtor
29 April 2010 | 49 replies

Sorry if this is the wrong place to question this, but why should any buyer or seller use a realtor? I have been having this argument over the last 2 years because in my opinion (base on real facts) Realtors are the t...