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Hello all!My name is Laurin and I am a Future Investor! I started my journey about a year ago, taking on extra work and saving my a$$ off, diligently. I've been keeping my eye on the market and trying to educate mysel...
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Hi all!First off, thank you to BiggerPockets for all the amazing content you produce. The handful of YouTubes plus Dave M.'s webinar on multi-family have already taught me so much. 🙏🏻A bit about me:ATX > Columbus (...
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Hey all! Glad to be new to this site and glad I can connect with you guys/gals. I'm new to the real estate game. Grew up around construction sites due to my father owning his own business throughout my childhood. I...
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Hi All,
I know for a lot of people in the STR game, Cash flow, ROI, and W-2 freedom are the key focus, but I am curious what the bigger WHY is for folks outside of those things?
I am trying to narrow down my big why...
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BP Investors,I am moving forward but need help in a couple areas and am hoping for your feedback and advice. Business is LTR multi family properties, duplexes and triplexes specifically. Initial investment funds from ...
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So, I hired a landscaping company here in the Boise area to install some curbing and a sprinkler system in the backyard of my property. Per the terms, they required half up front, half when the job is completed. I p...
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I am making about $140,000 a year, I have about 80k saved up, and I want to buy my own place and start house hacking. I currently live in Malden, MA and the house prices seem to hover from about 675 - 760k for a house...
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Hey Everyone!I'm happy to be here and looking forward to connecting with many of you as I get started with my real estate investing journey. I'm also posting here for accountability of my actions. I really enjoy forum...
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Hi All,I found a friend in my martial arts class that has been in real estate for 10 years. They are raising capital for a 506b (family and friends unaccredited) hybrid deal (in another state) that includes an apartme...
For the last 8 years, I have been working in banking. I have spent my time working my way up the ladder from starting in loan servicing, to becoming a loan officer, now working in fraud and risk management. Unfortuna...