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Hey everyone, my name is Andrew Merriman and I live in the Kansas City area and I'm very excited to join BiggerPockets! I just turned 38 years old (May 21) and I'm married to my best friend now for 19 years. To top it...
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to throw a shoutout to the community and thank everyone for helping us reach our 11th birthday today!That's right, BiggerPockets was founded 11 years ago today, and the 11th year was an explo...
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Things are not the same, but there's no reason not to continue to invest. It just requires a different approach than before. In case this is helpful for anyone, these are a handful of mistakes I've seen some people ma...
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Hello BP community,
Matt here. My wife Krista and I grew up and went to college in Chicago. We decided a few months ago that we needed to start investing in something. She said she would look at stocks, and I...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community!Who I am: My name is Calvin Raab and I am currently a college student studying economics. My interest in economics along with finance and passive income has lead me to develop a passion ...
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SAN DIEGO LANDLORDS! Are you aware you can't reject an applicant for having a 3rd party payer? As of August 2018 the City of San Diego has made it illegal to discriminate based on source of income.https://nlihc.org/ar...
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What do you think the average net worth for a retired person is? How much do you think for ages 20-30,30-40,40-50,50-60,60-70 ?
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Hi all you fellow SE Michigan REI's. Well I got some very juicy inside news this morning. Thought it was going to put me into a sweet position of wholesaling and flipping some properties in Macomb County.
After getti...
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Hi all! I am pretty new to BiggerPockets. A friend introduced me and I have been listening to a podcast a day, reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and reading tons of these discussions. What great content! I am also new to in...
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I have the opportunity to be involved in a storage conversion of an existing grocery and was hoping I could get opinions/info from anyone who has performed or been involved in a storage conversion. Building has a wide...