Chris Brown
New member from Georgia
Hello all, I am new to the site but have been reading heavily lately. I am planning to make the move away from a pretty good 9-5 job in IT Management to purchasing, redeveloping and reselling SFR's and later on, into ...
Brandon Hayes
Newbie from Tampa, Florida
Hello, my name is Brandon Hayes and real estate investing will be something new to me. To start off I will be interested in wholesaling and flipping houses. I am from the Brandon area of Florida, but moved to Tampa in...
John J.
New Member from Chicago Suburbs
Hello, my name is John P. Juska, and I have always had the desire to get into real estate investing. I earned a bachelor's degree in construction management, and currently work in that position for a production home b...
Keith Jourdan
Thoughts on younger tenants? Early 20s
have a 4plex. 1 vacancy currently. All 3 current residents are in late 50s and keep to themselves. Have had a few early 20s girls interested in vacant unit. I'm scared of them partying and disrupting my other tenants....
Account Closed
How do I get an income and a house in Southern California?
My midlife crisis:I never got my degree and I never joined the military so I lack a proper education.Former FSBO. I sold my place to pay off debt. I have some cash now. How do I get an income and a house in the overpr...
Jesse Richardson
Group think is bad think
After serving 20+ years in the military, this really resonates with me. I'm reading a book called Mindset, by Carol Dweck. Yes, most of my books come from the recommendations form guests on the BP podcasts and I've n...
Christopher Dudhnath
Learning learning learning. Ready to roll.
Hey all! I am 36, with a degree as Medical Doctor, never getting into practice. I've been working for the last 2.5 years behind a desk, and I had become trapped in position, until recently becoming interested in real ...
Chris Seveney
Bank Cut Reserves to 0.
While I am not surprised rates were cut to zero - bank reserves were also cut to zero as well. For those that are not familiar with lending, a major component to the crisis a decade ago was banks had to liquidate asse...
Jenna Herr
Chicago and/or Iowa New Aspiring Investor
Hello Investors,
I’ve been lurking and listening for ~6 months but figure it’s time for an introduction. I have never owned property but became interested in real estate while working my first job out of college (ec...
Paul Z.
2014 Business Plan Review/Opinion Requested
I just completed a final "rough" draft of a business plan for 2014 in the Chicagoland market. I'd like to have some of the "active" and highly credentialed members here review it. Any opinion, analysis, advice et...