Not sure if this is the appropriate forum as I'm still getting the lay of the land, but I'd love to hear some feedback from people who consider themselves to be more introverted.  From an outsider, it seems the real e...

Hi all!I'm new to the BiggerPockets community and my husband and I just bought our first single-family rental property in Philadelphia. We're both planning to transition to real estate investing full time within the n...

Hello BPers,I'm a former real estate agent. My current job is taking care of my kid and trying to make my house make me more $. My goal is financial independence for my family in 5 years. We live pretty simply, so we ...

Hi, I'm Wendy Hoechstetter, recently transplanted back to my hometown from Mill Valley, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) after spending much more of my adult life there than here.  I moved back in no small part due to the ...

Who has a question about investing, owning and or building on the Outer Banks? I lived there from 1997-2011 and was one of the largest builders in the area. I have built and developed hundreds of homes and done over $...

Hello,I’m new BP and REI – a complete newbie in fact. I live in the Houston, TX area and want to concentrate on Commercial RE. I’m interested in both apartment complexes and office buildings. I originally thought I wo...

Hi,Firstly I'd like to thank the whole BP community for making a place with such great resources for RE rookies and vets.But I have been wondering, has anyone gotten burned by another forum member? Obviously I wouldn'...

My wife and I are renting out the basement of some close relatives in San Jose, CA. We're comfortable and are in no rush to leave. We both have good jobs in the south bay. I also grew up in this area and most of my fa...

So I have a commercial property that my parents gave me control of a couple years ago. After much headache and of learning what and how to do things I have decided to sell the property. There is not much owed on the p...

There are two types of people in this world. People who see problems, and people who choose to try and fix them. How many of us walk past trash that is in our direct path, but instead of picking it up, just assume tha...