I partnered with a local attorney on a commercial building deal. I invested 20k and he held a majority stake. I was very inexeperienced when I did this deal and all though he is a respected guy I think he took ad...

I was the receiver of a great reach out today by someone who had read something I posted about the MFIA class in Bigger Pockets and I realized I have not been on here for two years!!Having said that the reason why I h...

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I'm currently in the process of looking for property to house hack in the Boston area after I graduate college in the spring. Since Boston is such a hot market and prices are much higher than other markets, I was...

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Deal breakers- market, finance, zoning, footings, road type, water/sewer availability, Storm sewers, Storm retention ponds, over Analyzing, too Greedy. Everything else yo...

I'm not an expert at SEO, not by a long shot. The real problem with SEO is all the miss-information and superstition. In the most logical approach, you need to choose which search engines you're targeting and you ne...

Hi EveryoneI'm new to real estate investing and this is also my first forum post on BP. I purchased land about 6 months ago and my goal is to develop the land. More specifically, I want to build my own home. I've gott...

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I am New to Bigger Pockets after learning about the book Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat by David M. Greene. That book led me to The Book on Flipping Houses by J Scott, and I am now in the process of readin...

It's been a while since I've made a post on the forums(for many reasons). I'd thought I'd give an update on this since I mentioned as my main goal on the BP podcast #73. I'm finally leaving my W-2 job this Wednesday (...

Just happened to watch Dateline Sunday night and they did a great piece on Detroit. A recap Detroit economy is going through some of its toughest times. There are rows of vacant, damaged houses with nearly vacant ne...

I know that the vast majority of landlords and property managers will have a simple answer to that question: DON'T.However, I'm interested in building my MF rental investing and property management business in New Yor...