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I am a new investor from Hastings, MN. I am interested in getting my real estate agent license within the next 6 months for my own investment purposes, not to pursue a full-time real estate career. I currently work fu...
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I’ve been considering becoming a real estate agent in IL.The main reason being able to sell my own property, providing consulting services and access MLS for investing opportunities.Is the cost to be an agent virtuall...
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I'm new to RE investing. So far I've got one property but isn't that where everyone starts? I have a general question: Should I be considering obtaining my real estate license? In my state (NJ) and from what I've hear...
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Hello BP Community,
So, I am new to investing and the advice I keep hearing is that becoming a Realtor is the way to go in order to lower overhead and squeeze profits out of a deal.
What about taking...
Hi! My name is Amy and I'm just getting started in real estate investing. I look forward to starting out in wholesaling single family residents. I believe this will be a great successful opportunity for me and I hop...
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I'm a realtor in Columbia,SC. When I run numbers most of the deals don't work for me, and the ones that do typically end up having more problems than I have money or someone offers more than I can. How do y'all typica...
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Hey All - I thought I'd share a pretty good profile of BiggerPockets / me in Entrepreneur. Though the data is a little out of date (we're currently just shy of 320,000 members), the article is definitely solid and is...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community!!!My name is Sarah Torres, I'm extremely new to this and VERY EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF YOU!!!!! No. Just kidding. But I am pretty excited.... If you couldn't already tell.. :)I live in Mi...
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I old look at buying your lumber early. Most of it comes out of Canada. Prices tripled lastTime Trump out tariff in Canada. Plus availability .China- would buy ahead your electric breaker boxes and out let connect...
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Once you own 100 properties, how do you effectively hire a manager? How do you screen management companies? How do you find a manager to do AirBnB's if you own 50 of them?