Hey BP community I need some help. I'm a 22-year-old recent college graduate who has a passion for learning about real estate. I'm thinking of getting into house hacking as my first investment, and continue on through...
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For real estate investors: When starting out did you set the goal of becoming a successful real estate investor or did you accidentally end up finding something you enjoyed doing and ended up being a successful real e...
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We are approaching the Thanksgiving season and I thought I start off a little early with a progress of ownership and a big thanks to the whole biggerpockets.com family. @Joel Owens in particular. I made my first real...
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Hello everyone my name is George. I am a RN living in the central Florida area. I just started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast and want to start my real estate career. I have a wife and 2 children and want to p...
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Im looking to flip around socal. I was wondering what are peoples average profit margins here? How much are you making per flip? Does the 70% rule apply to here? How competitive is it finding distressed properties ? H...
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Hi all,
One of my good friends is trying to refinance his house. Within the last month he got two appraisals from two different appraisers. The first appraisal came in at $645,000. Three weeks later, the bank ordered...
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I did try to search for this, but maybe didn't use the best terms, so I apologize if this has been hashed out a few times.
I've listened to a podcast (real estate guys) and read some on BP about purchasing Bank Not...
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Hello all!My wife and I live in the Central Valley of CA and are gearing up to purchase our first rental property (ideally some time in 2024). I have been a notary/loan signing agent since the beginning of 2019 and ha...
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Asking directly to those who have owned 10+ properties before, thanks in advance to those who answer or tag those who can.One of my good childhood mentors and his wife built up a nice portfolio of 30+ homes in a secon...
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I have been researching buying notes. It is so much to digest that I am not sure where to start. From what I can see the best notes to purchase are performing (if you want to earn mailbox revenue). However I am lookin...