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Hi all,My name is Forrest Owen and I'm from Northborough, MA. Over the past couple of months, I have been educating myself on real estate investing and my goal for 2019 is to purchase my first property. I didn't grow ...
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Hello, Everyone!I'm Mitchell Abel, currently a Junior at the University of Kentucky. I live between school in Lexington and my hometown of Louisville. I've been surrounded by the construction industry my entire life a...
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Hi BP,
My name is Casey McGoff and I go to school a few miles outside of D.C., on the Maryland side.
I honestly don't know where to begin with REI, my goal is simply to HAVE a goal.
How long do I ...
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Hello! My name is Luu and I currently reside in Carson, CA. I've been looking into getting started with real estate investing with interested in buy and hold rental properties. I've been listening to the pod cast a...
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I'm just a few weeks into the 6-12 months I'm giving myself to get educated on REI before I have access to capital and start making decisions and (potentially) taking action.
Generally, I plan to
- spend most of my...
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Hello
My name is Niko Nomura and I'm currently a freshman in college. I have been listening to the bigger pockets podcasts and watching their youtube videos for about a year now trying to educate myself as much as po...
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Hi BP Community!I am new to the site but have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast and researching to familiarize myself with what it takes to enter this space. I have gotten to the point where I would like to...
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Hello BiggerPockets community!I am a 27 year old newbie in real estate from LA and this is my first post in BiggerPockets. Most of my life I have been focused more on my career/school (9 years of college/post grad) s...
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Good Morning BP Community,I have a question about getting started in commercial investing, specifically large apartment buildings. I have only recently been interested in getting started with commercial investing, an...
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Hi, I am new to this forum as well as platform, also a new real estate investor. I have researched everywhere on rental or Airbnb property and found out that both are equally lucrative. However, I feel Airbnb looks pr...