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Hey there, I'm Kim Dunbar a graduating real estate student in the Chicago South Side area. My husband and I have been studying, talking and dreaming about real estate so quite some time and have decided to come to Big...
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Hello BP community, im glad to have found you! I'm John Duffy, originally from the Seattle, WA area and move to AZ some 11 years ago. I am brand new to REI, however, it has been an unrealized though im my mind for ove...
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Hello, my name is Shaun. I'm 37, live in DFW, been at my job for 15 years and am ready for early retirement! I found BiggerPockets thanks to amazon.com. I purchased The Book on Rental Property Investing last week. ...
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I am a dad and contract technical writer taking my family's first steps into REI.After reviewing several options, my wife agrees that buy and hold real estate in our community looks to be the best investment we can ma...
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Hi Everyone,I was curious as to what you thought. How much of your profits do you invest back into the business? I read a book that says you should invest profits in 6 buckets:1. Taxes2. Growth Capital3. Directly into...
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hey all, I've actually been active on this forum for a couple months trying to work out an investing strategy, but wanted to make things "official"I'm new to REI and new to the Spartanburg - Greenville, SC area. It's ...
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Hey family! I am a 20yr old from Queens,NYC who wants to start a real estate portfolio. I have gained some knowledge starting out in wholesale for almost a year now and have been full time with no other occupation. Ma...
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New to the real estate world. looking to just grab any information that can help me set up my plan. I’m in the military so that my priority job but looking to try and get in part time to change into full time in real...
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Hello there fellow investors,My name is Alex, a former student-athlete and a alum of Northwestern University. I play professional basketball overseas. I make a decent living off that but my career will be short and I...
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So i know the 1 or 2% rule and here in my country Croatia for like 100 000 invested you get 500$ passive income a month that is like only 0.5% you cna mby get to like 0.7% if the deal is rly good but harder more than ...