I have been reading BP for a few months now and trying to learn about real estate investing. I am beyond frustrated with dealing with real estate agents. I just placed my first bid on a HUD home and won the bid (lis...

Hi everyone!I'm a newbie investor and ready to make an offer on my first deal. I found the property on Trulia and the selling real estate agent said to submit an offer. Is this as simple as sending an email to the eff...

Hello BiggerPockets!I am SO glad that I have stumbled into this wonderful community. My S.O. and I have been reading as well as listening to the pod-casts for a month now. For about a decade I have wanted to get into ...

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I'm wondering whether it is common practice for a buyer agent to split the commission with the buyer? Does it mean anything when they do this? Is it advisable to consider this factor when looking for...

...I can save/accumulate $15,000- $20,000 per year to acquire properties....realistically, how many properties for buy and hold can I acquire per year at this rate?...just trying to set proper expectations and to s...

Hey everyone,
I'm new to investing in real estate. I'd like to purchase a rental in the Knoxville TN area, but I don't have spare time to maintain the property myself. How would you recommend identifying and investin...

I was wondering if any oos/out of state investors hire a real estate expert/consultant in the area they are looking to investor or do they spend months trying to learn the market by themselves or do they work with a r...

Hello I am very new to real estate investing. And by very new I mean this has been the first week I have ever looked into real estate investment. My first question is I have looked on Redfin and Zillow and seeing some...

Do you feel continuously assaulted by the Columbus Mafia on BiggerPockets?
If any newbie utters the word Columbus, Midwest, or Ohio, the entire brokerage descends upon the forums with post after post. It's absolute m...

We are thinking about doing a direct mail campaign with our agent for our primary living residence. Demand is higher than normal in the subdivision we are targeting and we have already lost 2/2 homes we were intereste...