Jacob Cohen
New member from Seattle, WA
Hello everyone! I am a new member to BiggerPockets :) I came across BiggerPockets after doing a lot of real estate investing. Mostly around REITs and crowdfunding. In this site, I am looking to better understand real ...
Sherwin Vargas
Marketing Help - Suggestions
I have read many articles on Marketing and setting up. I am a new investor in the Boston, Ma area, I currently have a website, business cards, and some flyers. I decided to start with a website before my first deal be...
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W-2 investor looking for evening/weekend meetups - suggestions??
As a W-2 investor, I haven't had any luck in finding any meetups in the Greater Austin Area that are held in the late afternoons/evenings or on weekends. I have only found one (REIA Austin) but it gets mostly mixed re...
Belinda Lopez
What are the "27" areas of real estate investing?
Okay, I was at a presentation a few weeks ago and the speaker stated there were 27 different niches in real estate investing. I emailed him but he didn't reply when I asked him what the 27 areas are and it's drivi...
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State and Local Gotchas
John (REI) and I have been having a bit of a tangent in getting licensed pointing out some state oddities. John thought that we were going far enough into the weeds there that I should creat a new post.
If you know ...
Bryan Hancock
What is the Craziest “Financing†Scheme You Have Seen?
I have been chasing money from investors for several years now and I have seen some wild stuff. Given the recent spate of posts on “creative†techniques to raise money I was wondering if people would care to shar...
Don Konipol
Whatever Happened to CREATIVITY In Real Estate Transactions?
Back in the 1970s when I first entered the real estate profession (my fellow bankers were shocked that I left international banking to work as a COMMISSIONED commercial real estate salesperson!), creativity in deal ma...
Nathan McBride
Hello from Baton Rouge, LA
Hello,My name is Nathan McBride. I've been lurking on BiggerPockets for about a year now, and we purchased our first property in November 2017 and are actively working on the next one. I figured it was about time I ...
Jack Forester
Title Reading Tutorial
Okay, so I found a property listed as "Bank Owned". Trulia says it's listed by the bank, but Auction.com is auctioning it. I'm trying to determine what might be left to pay after the auction. It doesn't specify whi...
Kyle Scholnick
Trouble getting loan on commission salary
I am on commission in my job, and although I do well, banks have been turning me down for loans because I don't have a commission history of at least 2 years. Prior to 5 months ago I was all salary. So based on this I...