Hello! My name is Lynn and I am new to Bigger Pockets. I'm in the midst of educating myself on real estate investing and my goal is to pursue rentals and flips close to my home in the Chicago suburbs. I figured in a f...

I really want to get into wholesaling so that I can raise capital for rentals and rehabs. Plus just having another source of income.

I am currently trying to make contact with local investors to build up my investor ...

Would love some advice from the experts here...

Someone approached me with an offer to sell me a property -- he doesn't actually own the property yet -- he purchased the tax lien and has the intention of fore...

I'm bad at hiring contractors.

I'm working on fixing that.

Often I tell myself "I could save X number of dollars by doing work myself".

My dayjob translates into about 40/hr, so I figure if I hire...

Which would you choose?

We have a small house that we are completely gutting. We will be changing the floor plan, redoing the plumbing and updating the electrical, so we can choose either gas or electric for ...

Hello

I just finished watching the pod cast with Brian Burke and on the pod cast they touched on starting out. They seemed to agree that the "ideal" way to starting out is finding a mentor rather than maxing ...

Ok, I know I talked about this in another thread but basically this is a new question concerning HUD Foreclosures. I don't know how these gurus can Wholesale HUD Homes from the HUDHomeStore.com seeing you need a HU...

My name is Tj and currently based in Tampa Fl. Been investing full time in this market for the past 6 years with our focus being rehabbing and wholesaling. It's a great business but by far no means a picnic. But now a...

All,I am currently honing my strategy for buying my first property. I have a goal of being financially independent in 7-10 years. My current dilemma is whether or not to buy my first property with intent to rent it ou...

So, I have a basement that has cracked walls, and there is humidity in the basement.I got quotes from a few different companies. Quotes were in the area of $10-25K to waterproof the basement.But I noticed something a ...