Should I become an agent before buying my first home or use another agent until I start building my portfolio and acquiring properties more frequently ? Is it worth paying the fees if I'm only buying 1 home a year fo...

Hi everyone, Pretty much every blog or every podcast I listen to here mentions that you should "house hack" and "live in one side and rent out the other." In detailing the advantages of doing this they go on to say th...

Hello New Colleagues! My name is David Begley and I'm just starting out my third career in real estate investing. I spent nearly 20 years as a finance executive at a large regional wholesale bank and spent the la...

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie regarding how auctions truly operate. I plan on attending one just to observe and see how the process unfolds. I was wondering if anyone could provide some tips and advice on how to purchase ...

In the past, I've contacted 1 or 2 contractors and decided whether they were reasonable. Do you think it would be better to get bids from more than that? I've never felt like I've been ripped off, but lately, I'm wo...

Hi Friends,Brand new to this. I started school at Harman Real Estate academy a month back, likely will not be going into a career as an agent, rather I am just a young 22 year old trying to start life out right by lea...

Hello beautiful minded people of Bigger Pockets!,I'm super new to REI and I've been bit hard by the RE Bug. My wife (Nicole) and I have found that we're not spending the time that we want with our kids (Wylla, 21month...

I’m new to the BiggerPockets. I’m an industrial electrician with no experience in real estate. I’m wanting to get involved in wholesaling with my overall goal to make enough capital and invest in multi-family. So in o...

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I'm an engineer in the oilfield, I've been really intrigued for some time to get into REI. I've been digging in all sorts of podcasts, forums, webinars, ect. & seem to be info Overloa...

I am an civil litigation attorney in Tampa, Florida. Following undergrad, I worked as a residential project manager in Central Florida. The time spent managing development of dozens of single-family residential homes ...