I'm brand new to real estate investing, like I haven't made my first deal yet, but hopefully that will happen soon!  Anyway, I'm an optometrist and plan on investing as more of side hustle than a full-time job.  At le...

I went to a REI club meeting earlier this week, and the vast majority of the meeting was spent listening to other members' success stories from throughout the year. We were able to hear what other investors have done...

Learning: NEVER sign a contract if you are not comfortable with the contents, no matter how bad you want the property.I was a typical BP newbie. Searching for financial freedom, I stumbled upon rental properties as in...

Hi all!  I'm having so much fun listening to BP podcasts and Turnkey-review podcasts.  I'd have to say this is my new obsession.  I'm hoping to purchase my first few turnkey properties this year.  When doing the numbe...

The full story is on Bloomberg.com here: Zillow wants to flip your house should you want to read all the details.For those with TLDR syndrome the gist of it is:Zillow has now joined the ranks of high tech real estate ...

Real life of a newbie investorI've been inspired by Account Closed post, "real life of a real estate investor". With that being said, I believe there's value in sharing my journey with other newbies. I will begin givi...

Background:I completed my associates degree in information technology with an emphasis on networking, and I achieved the CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Networking Associate)My first job in IT was running the IT d...

Hello everyone!
As the title says, I've just started learning about real estate investing this year by reading books, which led me to the BiggerPockets forums.  To be more precise, I'm located in Oconomowoc, Wisconsi...

I keep reading people here saying  "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to  some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...

   I'm so excited to FINALLY be able to share the news about our first deal, a BRRRR!  I've been (im)patiently awaiting this day, seeing as the project took a BIT longer than we had planned.  Here's our story--my husb...