Many years ago during the real estate boom I went out on a limb and purchased a home in rural SC. The home was a good deal based on comps but needed a lot of cosmetic help. In a 2 1/2 month time frame I put a lot of s...

I'll preface this by saying I'm 27, so just a "few" years removed from college. My wife and I own/operate a few properties that we rent to the students of our Alma Mater. We’ve heard plenty of landlord horror stories...

Hey BP community!My name is Zack, I'm 25 and I live in beautiful CO. A little background: I've lived almost my entire life in CO and just love it here. I am currently employed as a chemist for a pharma company and als...

Hey BiggerPockets!Hoping to get some advise on how to draw more interest into my STR near Deep Creek MD.  The house is 5 minutes from the lake and last year we had around bookings for around 60% of the year.  This yea...

Hi, my name is Cecile Gonzales, I'm a nurse in Jacksonville FL.  I read a book about real estate, and since then it kept me interested.  I am really bent on trying it out but I don't know how to start.  I'm taking cou...

Just wondering if we have any cigar smokers on BP. I just finished a Bolivar PC, which was quite good, and decided I would find out who here likes the occasional smoke. If so, what did you smoke this weekend? What i...

For StartersFirst off, BiggerPockets is an amazing site. I have been one of those lurkers everyday while listening podcast after podcast for almost a year now. Started taking the advice of Brandon and Josh and communi...

My son was born 10/31/12 at exactly 5:30PM (exactly one week past his due date). Yes a Halloween baby too. I apologize for my lack of communication with anyone lately and I will be to the new PMs and tags on threads...

In this business we all know cash is king. I have recently noticed that my goals to build wealth have been impacting my quality of life more and more. We have been putting every penny away and avoiding all the things ...