Andrew Semler
What are the five best skills to focus on for a newbie
There is obviously a lot to learn and master in real estate investing. I was wondering from yall's past experience, what would you say the top 5 skills/habits were that made for your greatest advances early on? To say...
Dennis L.
DST, 1031, exit strategy, retirement advice
hi all! i was hoping to bounce some ideas/get advice on an exit strategy / retirement planning / DST. i apologize if i jump around since there's so much running in my head. anyway, so a little about me: i'm going to...
Jan Styrczula
Loaned money to a brother in law
Sorry to bother you guys with my mistakes but in August of 2019 I loaned 50K to my wife’s sisters husband, he was supposed to return the loan in November of the same year with a $5K extra ( so 55K total) that Didn’t ...
Kendal West
New investor in Milwaukee area. In need of help.
Hello Everyone,This is my first time posting. I wanted to feel out this whole BiggerPockets group so I’ve been stalking all of you silently lol. With that being said, I figured there’s no time better than now to ask f...
Alan Ford
Coronavirus (STR - give me piece of mind please friends?)
So, let me preface this by saying that I think this whole thing is likely a bit overblown and I am by no means a doomsayer the world is ending etc. I currently own two STRs in Pigeon Forge area and @Avery_Carl helped ...
Diana Pritchard
Educate your Real Estate agent
Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
Helmut Forren
I don't understand how higher interest rates can work
I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental. I have a strategy that has been working very well for me. Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult. I've seen other financing metho...
Traci Cameron
Trying to compete with cash buyers
I keep finding incredible properties and have been preapproved for a fix and flip type loan (with 20% down) but can’t get any offers accepted! My realtor (who works with other investors in my area as well) told me tha...
Matan Paret
Physician starting out in REI
Hi all,My name is Matan, I'm a physician currently in fellowship in CA (2 more years until I'm an attending making a decent salary). I recently became interested in REI after I found out one of my bosses at work has ...
Joshua D.
Did you work through College?
Listening to this weeks podcast the guest made a statement that he would Never hire someone unless they had a job in collage. How many of you successful folks out there had a Job in collage? (I realize some of you nev...