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Hi all,I am a new investor from Portland, Oregon, and I am looking to purchase a multi-family home out-of-state and live in one of the units. I started looking into Chicago IL because multi-families are quite popular ...
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Hello everyone!
I come here from the BP podcast- I am currently living in Asheville NC but moved here from Minneapolis MN after playing for the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball team and graduating with ...
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So a lot of people are telling me that a great way to start investing and practice land lording is to own a duplex and rent the other half out but people are making it seem like you can get free rent out of doing so.....
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Hey all Utah BP users, I have just made the great accomplishment of receiving my Utah Real Estate Agent license and am ready to start investing!! I am the mother of 3 girls and my fiance and I have been educating...
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Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself. Having recently resigned from my position as a credit manager, I'm considering real estate investment as an potential career change.
I have a BBA and MBA, both...
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Hey there BP, Just wanted to drop my introduction. I'm currently freezing my butt off in -17 degree weather and am wondering why I'm not choosing to invest some place warm like Hawaii or Arizona. It's awfully hard...
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Hello All! I am new to this website and my husband and I are very eager to get started investing in real estate as we are in our late twenties! We don't have much saved as we just purchased our own home. Therefore, my...
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Hello Everyone,This isn't my first post, and I'm not necessarily a new member. But I would like to increase my forum interactions and formally introduce myself to the BP community. I am very excited about real estate ...
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Hello All! I am a newbie from NJ and so far I am learning a wealth of Information from the BiggerPockets community. I have recently obtained my real estate license while being in the medical field for over 12 years. ...
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Well here's where I'm at. In 2014 I bought my first house. It was an old 4b2b 2700ft2 that needed a lot of repair. At first I thought my wife would get on board with the whole live in and work on strategy, but I was ...