Julian Montes
Becoming a realtor as a career?
Is it a realistic goal for me to become a realtor right out of high school (currently in 11th grade)? I have the opportunity of going to college (being a finance major to work in RE), working a job (maybe), and being ...
Andy Cross
Lead Generation by Door Knocking
Hello everyone,So...I have a mentor that is adamant about door knocking pre-foreclosures to generate leads. In my personal opinion, I feel it's dangerous; as you are dealing with sensitive homeowners. Her theory is "w...
Anna M.
Fair Housing Act – Calling Foul!
“The Fair Housing Act is a federal act in the United States intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller o...r landlord discrimination. Its primary prohibition makes it unlawful to refuse to sell,...
Riley F.
First Yellow Letter Campaign
I just sent out my first batch of yellow letters to the Kansas City metro market, and thought people might find the first impressions of a new wholesaler of some interest. My goal was to raise bit of capital to con...
Forrest Faulconer
Are Baby Boomers to Blame for Low Housing Inventory?
There are not enough houses to go around and I think I know why. Some have suggested the pandemic has caused the low inventory in housing, but with interest rates so low and houses selling above asking, why would any ...
Jeffrey Holst
My Bigger Pockets Goals for 2018- (you should do these with me)
Hey everyone,Each year I make a list personal goals and work to make sure I hold myself accountable. Many of these goals are private to me and my wife but a couple of them are relevant to the BP community. 1) I plan...
Mike Jennings
owner financing question
hi there,I'm about to get my first property under contract using owner financing by 10% down and all payments going towards principal for 20 years! My question is the previous owner still has the first lien on the hou...
Donald Zeller
The Flipping Formula - sat through 2 hour seminar and
walked out during the break to do some homework before shelling out the $2k they wanted to attend the 3 day bootcamp. They said we would get our money back if we didn't triple the tuition amount in 6 months. Though th...
Joshua Dorkin
New Member Welcome Wagon
With thousands of members now, the Forums here at BiggerPockets have become a true resource for real estate investors. In an effort to make our site even friendlier, I'd like to officially ask everyone to try their b...
Jason Pinkerton
Involving Your Spouse
I'm sure many of you have been here. YOU are getting into real estate investing and are very passionate about it. You become so passionate about it, you talk about it a LOT. You want your spouse to be passionate about...