Jeremy Staggers
Newbie out of Houston, TX
Howdy Bigger Pockets!
My name is Jeremy. I'm a newbie real estate investor out of Houston, TX. I currently work full-time in industrial automation sales. I've always tried to find ways to boost my income, meanin...
Tavari Keel
Investing in Cincinnati, OH
Hi everyone,I'm pretty new to real estate investing, but will be ready to make my first purchase within the next few months - provided that I find a good deal. A good deal, to me, would be a multifamily (hopefully 3 t...
Damon Aniton
House hacking for the long term
I am looking at pulling the trigger on my first home purchase this week. Possibly as early as tomorrow. Just waiting on confirmation of a few more things. The details are as follows.4 unit 8 bed 5 bath total new co...
Josh Michel
When is the 50% rule inaccurate?
I realize the 50% rule is supposed to be a "rule of thumb" that helps you weed out potential properties before more fully analyzing properties that pass it. My question is, when is the 50% rule fail?For example, if I...
Darrin Russell
Realtor Just Told Me Flipping Would Be Impossible
I was just told by my realtor that flipping without 100% cash was impossible in my area. He said there is not enough REO inventory and too many flippers. He tried to talk me into looking at some but and holds because ...
Jonathan Steele
New Real Estate Investor
Hello Everyone,
My name is Jonathan Steele. I live in Baton Rouge, LA and have been reading and researching real estate investing for a few months now. I still feel as though I don't know much, and would like some he...
Ellie Perlman
The Three Most Common Mistakes Passive Real Estate Investors Make
Mistake No. 1: Investing Emotionally
Instead of making a multifamily real estate investment based on balance sheets and merit, some investors make what I call an “emotional investment” in a property. Some investors s...
Susan Tan
When is house hacking not worth the sacrifice in quality of life?
House hacking is often considered here in this forum as a good beginner's move to getting started with the first rental property. When does house hacking & self-managing a property NO LONGER worth the time & e...
Luke Carl
Do you have a Website/Facebook for your STR?
We have 5 vacation rentals in the same area (GSMNP) and 90% of our guests are first time users of Airbnb/VRBO (lets face it any other platform is worthless). The first timers are annoying and the people with 50 review...
Cheng Zhou
Buy rental property in Oakland or Sacramento
Hi BiggerPockets members,I am new to BiggerPockets, so I want to start out by saying hello! I am located in the Bay Area and thinking of buying my first investment rental property. I have a budget around 600k, and wit...