Assuming everything else is good about a city you're thinking about investing in except that most of the residents commute for work to neighboring towns for work. In other words, the city you're thinking about investi...

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My name is Nate Branham and I'm an aspiring real estate investor from South Carolina. While I've yet to invest in my first deal, I've been spending the last 2-3 years studying real estate...

My name is Gabriel and I recently joined bigger pockets after finding the podcasts on iTunes. I have been studying real estate investing for about 8 months. I'm from Fort Wayne, Indiana and I'm actively looking at dea...

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My name is Travis Lucy, and I’m an architect / husband / father from Austin, Texas.
I run a small firm that takes on a broad range of project types, mostly in Central Texas.
Full disclosure: I joined...

Hi, I am new to BP and eventually I want to start by Investing  in small multi units(4-5) in the Albany/Schenectady, NY area.   I've been "passively" studying and learning from different sources, but found that this o...

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I am a newbie and I want to be able to achieve my first rental property in the next 6-12 months. I know I want to invest in single-family/ Small Multi-family homes and use the buy and hold strategy. I have ...

I'm strongly considering diversifying my investment portfolio with real estate. My top three motivations are:

1. Diversifying: A place to put money in addition to the stock mkt.
2. Appreciation: Single family home...

Is there such a thing as too much real estate too fast in the beginning, if the deals make sense?So, like many other real estate enthusiasts I started out with good ol’ life changing Rich Dad Poor Dad. Fast forward si...

Hey everyone, I'm an aspiring real estate investor with 200k in cash. Recently, I read Brandon Turner's real estate investing book, and now I'm torn between two strategies.
On one hand, I could start small with singl...

Residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am currently exploring the prospect of acquiring a long-term single-family home (SFH) rental property in California or a location within convenient driving distance of the Bay...