Do you know who the welcome trolls are? Go into the new member introductions forum and watch for the same few people who say the same basic message every time someone new comes on the site. Don't get me wrong, providi...

Hello BP,I am struggling with my apartment underwriting standards. I use a set of conservative or semi-conservative rules that should keep me out of trouble if the market turns against me. What I keep finding out is t...

Hi everyone, as a newbie I've spent a lot of time reading the blogs and forums trying to get a grasp on how to wisely jump into RE. Currently my husband is AD and we have never bought a home due largely to being stati...

Good Afternoon y'all! I recently moved to Dallas after graduating from Texas A&M University with my masters in Real Estate. I am currently working for a real estate lending company in Las Colinas. Working in the i...

I have been researching REI with IRA money.  Here are some of my thoughts, and I would love to hear what you think?  More importantly, what are you investing with your self directed IRA and why.There are many tax bene...

I am no expert in markets, finances or anything like that.. but since the stock market seems inflated.. are we going to see real estate prices drop within the next year? Specifically if the stock market drops signific...

We're gathered here today to pay respects to a great website design that is no more... the old BiggerPockets. The old BiggerPockets was a great site and it lived a very long and happy life, but the time has come to pu...

I'm a complete newbie to real estate investing and I want to jump in and make it my career as soon as possible, here in Los Angeles.  I found Phil P. online and have read many forum threads here about him. I'm extreme...

Yesterday, I closed on my first commercial deal. It is a $2.3 million student housing deal in Oxford Ohio. I have been taught how to evaluate commercial deals from Jeff Greenberg (who was on BP #115). I am also learni...