Let me start off by saying that I am no means making an excuse to not invest in real estate. I am actually looking to make my first purchase (house-hacking) within the year. Here is what triggers me though:My full-tim...

This weekend I did my first bandit sign campaign! I went to pick them up on sunday evening and after puttting out 25 of them 9 were gone. I was pretty upset and so far I have got one call. What was weird was that s...

Heres my dilemma…. I live in south whitehall, I want to get started investing in 3:2 single family homes. Goal is to get enough cash flow on properties to quit my job in the next few years. Trying to focus on a specif...

Hello, This is my first post on Bigger Pockets. I love all the podcasts and forum articles. Love, love love this site and hope one day to meet Scott Trench, Brandon Turner, Josh Dorkin and Mindy Jensen some day...mayb...

Recently I attended an event (only two of us showed up) in my local area. The format was pretty typical with the presenter showing success stories of people who worked their program. At the end he broke down the cost ...

I am thinking about an SD IRA for the purchase of a rental property and my question is, I know that all of the rent payment goes back into the IRA but once it is paid off does the payment continue to go into the IRA o...

I just signed up for an 8k real estate course. I only had 13,000 in savings, but figured spending over half to invest in knowledge was worth it. I paid late last night and woke up with some worries. I am unsure if I s...

Ok, so I know that none of us have a crystal ball. However, I want to get opinions on purchasing in the next 3 months. This isn't tied to any specific scenario, let's talk in the general sense of purchasing real estat...

My partners and I in Salt Lake City, UT are getting ready to head out to Cleveland to look at some properties to invest in, and at the same time, I am separately preparing to buy my own first property on my own. I’ve ...

What is the deal with Detroit?

Every post I read is filled with negative opinions. Is Detroit similar to Washington DC a few years ago? Where locals knew the few bad streets to stay away from but the general populat...