So I just signed up for this account today, love the community so far. I have absolutely NO EXPERIENCE, so I'm wondering who here has been in my shoes and is now enjoying a sustainable level of success. If you could, ...
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Hi I’m a 23 year old business owner in NYC. I have had to temporarily shut down two businesses in the middle of busy season. COVID-19 took everyone by surprise including myself. I try and look at things from a glass h...
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I've always said I would dabble in real estate as a retirement career but at 50 with probably 10+ years left in my marketing career I find myself jumping ahead a little. It's all sort of happened fast in the last thr...
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Hi everyone! My name is Ron Atienza and I am new to this forum, and real estate investing in general. I am a Nurse Anesthetist by trade and that consists of putting people to sleep for surgery. Although I love my job ...
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HelloI just signed up on BP and upset that it took me so long. I'm already getting so much new useful information! I'm a Real Estate Sales Agent in MA who is leaving the medical field to invest all my time in real est...
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New to this and trying to research some auctions out there. Currently looking into https://broward.realforeclose....
Does anyone have any tips or advice? I know ive heard people mention they dont trust them, loo...
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Hi everyone. I'm new to the Bigger Pockets forums. AND I'm a blank slate. Based on your experience with real estate investing, what would you say is the #1 thing that a brand new investor should (or should NOT do)?
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Hello BP!I came across this site from an article Brandon Turner wrote. Relating to my age group and generation still paying college debt, building a career, but may or may not have a huge amount of disposal income an...
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Well I'm getting really discouraged. I live in NYC, so being an out of state investor is a must. I'm looking all over trying to find a decent deal that compares to some of the success I see here on BP. First deal I...
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I've worked as a court reporter, but work is very slow in my neck of the woods, so I've accepted a property management position with a small real estate company. We currently manage the owner/agents property only, as...