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Real Estate Investing Store Open For Business

by Joshua Dorkin | May 23, 2007

Back in January, 2006, I announced that we’d soon be opening our BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Store. Like Windows Vista, our launch is a bit late, but it is here, nonetheless.

While we’re opening the store unofficially (no grand opening yet) with only two (2) products, we are open for business! In opening this [...]

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The Most Popular Real Estate Sites by Number of Del.icio.us Bookmarks

by Joshua Dorkin | May 5, 2007

I was curious about what some of the most popular real estate websites were and went to Del.icio.us to find out. The reason I choose de.icio.us instead of Google for results is that many people (myself included) feel that it gives better results than the monster of search.
Some of the Top 7 Real Estate [...]

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Announcing: BiggerPockets News Update 4-20-07

by Joshua Dorkin | April 20, 2007

Hello Everyone. We wanted to give you an update on a few exciting new things going on here at BiggerPockets®!
New Website Features

Meet the Investor
We’ve begun to interview investors in an attempt to help others learn more about what it takes to be successful. Have a look. Many of our blog readers [...]

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Introducing Virtual City – More Website Technology to Help Sell Real Estate?

by Joshua Dorkin | April 11, 2007

Thanks to the MapleLeaf 2.0 blog, I learned about a cool new site in Toronto called Virtual City. Basically a web 2.0 (I hat that term) mashup, the site uses Google Maps and some cool Ajax coding to let you take a tour of Toronto visually. Similar to Amazon’s A9Search, it looks like [...]

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Weird & Interesting Real Estate Stories: Old, Green, Fixers

by Joshua Dorkin | April 4, 2007

Let start with the Old.
In the UK, a 102 Year old man was just granted a 25 year mortgage on a property! I have to say that that is one determined real estate investor!
Everyone is talking about the environment and green living today, right?
The big environmental controversy lately has been about John Edwards and [...]

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Real Estate Investing and Baseball Bringing Hope to New Investors

by Joshua Dorkin | April 2, 2007

Ever heard of a guy named Sam Zell?
Don’t worry, outside Chicago many folks don’t know much abot this Billionaire. I thought I might bring some hope to all the newbie real estate investor / baseball fans out there with this little piece of news:
The Tribune Company Plans to Sell the Chicago Cubs before [...]

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Taking a Day Off in Boulder, Colorado

by Joshua Dorkin | March 28, 2007

After working hard for the past few days, I decided to take a day off and check out the wonderous city of Boulder, Colorado. I can definitely see why people move there and never leave . . .

The Boulder Foothills

In the foothills overlooking to Continental Divide

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Ever Wonder Why People Move to Denver?

by Joshua Dorkin | March 17, 2007

Imagine scenery like this in the City of Los Angeles . . . I don’t think so!

Shot March 16, 2007 while on a hike in Denver

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RE Dispatch: Today in Real Estate, 3-16-07

by Joshua Dorkin | March 16, 2007

Here are some major topics and discussions happening in the world of real estate today:
BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Forums

How did you find your first investment/flip?
I’m sure alot of us newbies are seeking insight on investing, where to look for a good buy, how to make deals and what are the right/wrong steps.. HELP THE NEWBS!

Do [...]

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Looking for Real Estate Investors to Interview

by Joshua Dorkin | March 8, 2007

Hey everyone! I’m looking to conduct some interviews with real estate investors and wanted to see if anyone was interested. If you are, all I ask is that you have completed at least 2 real estate deals in your investing career.
These can be anything from rehabs, to wholesale deals, to commercial deals, to [...]

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A Few (really crappy) Real Estate Domains You Could have Had

by Joshua Dorkin | March 7, 2007

A few months ago I was going to write a post here about the worst real estate domains that no one owns. When I came upon the scrap of paper that had my notes written on it earlier today, I was surprised to see that a few of them were actually taken. I [...]

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Automate Your Colorado Home Search

by Joshua Dorkin | February 27, 2007

I reject more sponsored reviews then I accept, but thought that I’d give it a whirl today in reviewing Automated Homefinder. Many of the companies that contact us through ReviewMe are just not up to par, and it seems like these guys might just be worth exploring.
Focused on Colorado real estate, Automated Homefinder does [...]

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Conserve Energy, Recycle, Go Green! Congrats to An Inconvenient Truth!

by Joshua Dorkin | February 26, 2007

Last night during the Academy Awards, Vice-President Al Gore and his team of filmmakers won an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary on the climate crisis occuring here on good old planet earth.
In doing my part, I will pass on some links, with tons of helpful hints to educate you on becoming a bit [...]

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BiggerPockets is Packing Up and Moving!

by Joshua Dorkin | January 30, 2007

The more astute among you have no doubt noticed that I have not been posting my usual comments on the blog the last few days and I thought I owed you…my loyal fans…and explanation.
In a moment of weakness, I decided that it would be a good idea to move out of Los Angeles for a [...]

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Carnival of Real Estate Investing: Volume 8

by Joshua Dorkin | January 22, 2007

Hi everyone and welcome to Volume 8 of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing. While there are many good submissions this week, only 2 are of any help to real estate investors (I’ve marked them with **). I hope upcoming editions of the carnival have more useful information to help the everyday investor [...]

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