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Hello BP Peeps! I am excited/nervous to get started in the real-estate investing business! I've been hiding in the shadows of BP listening to the podcasts and getting my personal life situated. I believe I may be re...
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Hello BP Community, My name is Mike and I live in the beach town of Encinitas, CA. My wife and I keep active chasing around our two boys (ages 2 & 4). I've been checking out BP threads from a distance the last ...
Hello all, I am a newbie to Bigger Pockets and also to REI as well! I'm originally from
Syracuse, NY and moved to Rochester, NY about 3 years ago! I have a great boyfriend of 5 years whom I can credit for putting REI ...
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Hi BP,I'm Melissa Tucker, I live in North Phoenix with my husband 17 yr old son, 12 yr old daughter, and 9 month old son. I've been obsessed with the idea of rehabbing and flipping houses since I was pregnant with my...
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Hi all,Another newbie here from the large and freezing market we call Chicago. My name is Mark and am a New Zealander based in the Chicagoland area with my wife and son with twins on the way! Eek. I've been in and aro...
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Hi Everyone!
I'm Val, and my husband is Tanner. We currently live outside of Rockford, IL. I'm originally from central WI, and Tanner was raised around here. Tanner has allowed me to be a stay at home mommy for ou...
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Hi, I'm Lori T. No, I'm not a New Kids fan, but I am clever, sometimes. For the basics, my profile is a good place to start. I've lived in Lafayette since 1999 and have gone local. I consider this my home and have put...
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I'm new to investing but am excited to get started. I am exploring a strategy for multi family investing. I have many friends who are currently renting. What I would do is partner with one of these individuals to pur...
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Hi to all the agents reading this. I'm from MA and will be taking my salesperson license test tomorrow (Oct 3). While I've taken plenty of practice exams, studied very hard, and feel confident going in to it, I was ju...
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Greetings BP pros! Normally I like to share our expertise but as a continuous learner, I’d like your perspective to create a solution. We recently had two new leases at the same time in a fairly new duplex located in ...