This week in Atlanta, my partner and I closed a $45,000 assignment on a wholesale deal.This deal was brought to us by a newer wholesaler who was hoping to make a few $G's on the deal.  In fact, he would have been thri...

Risky and complicated for a first deal – should I do it?Hi BP community. I am writing with my first post, and I am writing at a time when I sense all of the hard work put in is about to lead to my first deal, on this...

Fair warning, this is a long post where I share my REI journey and I'd like to thank all of the BiggerPockets community for the support they have provided along the way!Hello! My name is Jacob Allen and I wanted to w...

Hi all,I am one of those who think there is never a “bad” time to buy real estate, but there are very difficult times.  I have always thought that the key to real estate wealth is through long term appreciation. With ...

A seller is offering to give me a house if I buy two of his other properties. The house he is offering to give me has asbestos siding. It is a large sturdy house and is about 1800 sq. Has anyone had any experience wit...

Hi all!Apologies in advance for a very long post. It was more to help me to pull my thoughts together in one place but figured I'd include it to give additional color and information. That said, if it is anything like...

I'm at North Seattle Community College all day for a Peter Harris, Commercial Property Advisors, boot camp.  I have been a student of Dave LIndahl (best $1,000 I ever spent) and was at REAPS listening to Anthony Chara...

Yesterday I met the new tenants at their future home to hand them the keys and go over the operating basics for their home, gas, water, electric, filters etc. As we are standing outside wrapping up a neighbor lady com...

Okay, I think I found a great potential property and I did the research and established the owners. The home looks to be vacant, the grass hasn't been cut for weeks and it looks to be about 2 feet high at this point. ...