Hello Everyone and thanks in advance for any help provided. I am new to this community and real estate investing. I am not starting with a lot of cash flow. I have located a property in the Metro Detroit Area that ...

I'm debating if I should go ahead and get my real estate license so I don't have to pay a commission fee to the selling agent, I know I would still have to pay the buying agent.  My agent said it would be 6% commissio...

Hi all,I am a 29 y/o male with a young family (a 2 year old and 5 month old). I bought my first house which my family lives in almost 2 years ago. I utilized a VA loan since I am a veteran and the loan is roughly $228...

I've been watching neighborhoods in my market and I have really good data going back to 1998. Since the mortgage debacle I've seen our inner-city neighborhood prices plunge. It used to be possible to pick a house...

How can someone wholesale without a real estate license? Although i'm not too familiar with the entire method of "wholesaling" anyways, I know there are opportunities for it in my market. (I live in a city of 43k peop...

Hi Bigger Pockets community!

I recently joined Bigger Pockets because I see that’s there’s great information for beginners like myself and the community.

I’m currently going through a small dilemma and ...

Been licensed since March 2011, been reading book after book on real estate investing & gone to 3 different seminars (including the REI Summit in Orlando 3/09). I'm trying to get my start in the area of Real Esta...

Currently I use Self Directed IRA custodians (Pensco and others) to be able to use my IRA funds for investment in Secured Notes. At times it becomes a time consuming effort to deploy funds to a deal.

I am s...

Hello to all, My name is George and i am definitely interested in starting to invest in real estate. I live in the Greenville, SC area and if anyone is unfamiliar with the area, its thriving with growth. Good schools ...

Hey all,I've been reading up on buy-and-hold, first-time real estate investment for a few months now, and have made my way through a bunch of Bigger Pockets podcast episodes, so I felt like it was time to introduce my...