Alicia Marks
QOTW: Do you have a BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal)?
Welcome to our question of the week! We are talking about goal setting, because that can apply to any point in your journey as an investor. At BiggerPockets, you may have heard the mention of a BHAG (big, hairy, audac...
Saeed J.
Looking for a less volatile market for my first investment property
Hi all,I'm planning to buy my first long term rental, a single family resident in the next 3-6 months. I'm in the Bay Area houses here are very expensive for me to start with. I have relatives in Houston, TX and did t...
Dylan Mathias
It's Feeling a Lot Like 2007
Hi All, Wanted to start a discussion on peoples outlook on the real estate market and the economy in general. I know it is a controversial topic but I have not seen many discussions on BiggerPocket on this topic and I...
Amanda B.
I Need Help Peacefully Evicting My Brother
Please forgive the lengthiness of this post.My situation isn’t unique, but there are one or two factors that make this situation, in my eyes, impossible. My father passed three years ago. My husband and I decided to m...
Axel Meierhoefer
I love my Turnkey Investments. BP is skeptical. Am I just lucky?
I have a strategy I call out of state turnkey residential investing or "OOS TK SFR". We have all our properties in this model and have great experiences for several year now. When I speak to people here on BP, a lot o...
Helen Zhang
Cleveland Population Decline... Why?
We all know Cleveland Population is Declining every year. I hear a lot of reasons, but other than jobs as being the main reason, I cannot seem to find other reasons that make it reasonable for the declinning populatio...
Nick Brubaker
Best Buy-And-Hold Markets Long Term
Hi everyone! I am from Atlanta, Georgia, but have been living in Asia (currently Tokyo) for the past 7 years. I and my wife plan to move to the US around the end of this year at which point I'm planning to start a c...
Gerry Cohen
DO NOT INVEST with SCOTT CARSON (We Close Notes) or Inverse Asset
I have been reluctant to broadcast this information to the note investment community, hoping not to "hang out my dirty laundry" with colleagues or the note investment community. However, it is time to speak out and ad...
Brittany Witt
What to Bring to Seller Appointment - Wholesale Real Estate
I'm getting prepared to go on my first seller appointment with a motivated seller. I'm curious about what papers I should bring.I found a great thread here about what to bring but I have one question, should I bring t...
Todd Whiddon
Diary of a POP TOP Second Story Addition Project
Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...