Hi everyone,My husband and I are looking in the San Jose area to buy a multi-family home. We have a prospect that is asking $699,000 for a duplex. After looking at the open house we like that there is great potential....

First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...

Hello BP community!After doing my last couple of remodels, a crazy idea hit me. Not sure if the concept is groundbreaking or if I'm reinventing the wheel, but the contractors working the job had been doing the same ki...

Hello everyone!Finally making my first post. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and watching YouTube videos when it comes to real estate investing and I am hoping to just post my whole story here and gain some insight f...

We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...

Hello everyone!  This is my first "real" post around here, and I look forward to seeing what all of you would suggest for someone starting out in this business from my position: I'm in my mid-thirties, and I'm in a pr...

Hi everybody!!! I stumbled across Bigger Pockets a few months ago from a personal finance podcast I was listening to that mentioned the Bigger Pockets podcast which I then gave a listen to, which lead me here. I have ...

Another one bites the dust! We closed yesterday and have officially sold off our 2nd baby, aka our 2nd flip. This project wasn’t nearly as extensive as our 1st, but it was very fulfilling and still learned a ton. This...

Hi BP!I'm a newbe who lives in California and I've been spending the last 4-6 months reading everything real estate related that I can, staying up to date on the forums here and listening to all of the BP podcasts th...

I am very confused about my future and really am not satisfied accepting any of what appear to be my options. I got myself into one of those catch 22 positions. Perhaps someone can spark an idea I have not considered...