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Hello, BiggerPockets!The moment you commit to pursuing a potentially life changing goal is rather odd, isn't it? Everything has a sharper clarity, and the division between what's essential and nonessential appears wid...
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Hello all,
I am in the Saint Louis MO market. I was speaking with a gentlemen who flips houses and he said that he never pays more than $10,000 for a house that he is going to flip. He says that he puts b...
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So I have done a fix and flip with two even split partners before however they were a family and a friend so it made it really easy (in my case) to work together and get the project done. However they more or less jus...
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Would you invest into a 55+ community as a buy and hold investor? Why or Why Not?
I have not posted on this site before but am curious to find out if it really is as powerful as every Podcast seems to suggest. By way of background, I am a CPA in Colorado and earned by Masters in Tax from the Univer...
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I don't know where to start, so I'll try to start from the beginning. :D I've been self-employed in the technology field for about 10 years. I'm reaching middle age. My plan when I struck out on my own a decade...
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I found my first deal and it looks great!! I have two 9,000 sqf commercial adjacent lots with a 3300 sqf church on one for 13,000 in west Texas. The building is structurally in good condition however I'd does need qui...
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Hello BP! New member here just getting started in Charlotte, NC.I work as an optometrist in Charlotte, and live in Matthews, NC. I have a friend in town who is an agent, has been a contractor and is also an investor...
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As a newbie looking for "deals", beyond just looking in the MLS, what do I look for at the Courthouse and what area of the Courthouse do I concentrate on? I plan on going today as I feel as though the MLS is light on...
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Hey guys,
please, share the books you went though to prepare yourself to be in real estate business.
Here are my books:
1. Rich Dad's Cashflow quadrant and Guide to investing by Robert Kiyosaki
2. Buy it, rent it, pr...