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Protecting Yourself During Winter Storm Season

by Joshua Dorkin | January 17, 2007

It seems like we can’t escape the devistating cold of winter. Across the nation, we’ve seen horrible ice, sleet, and snow storms recently; even southern California has been below freezing for almost a week now. We haven’t really covered safety issues here on the blog, but I thought a few tips would come in handy [...]

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Finale of the 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project

by Joshua Dorkin | January 12, 2007

The 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project has been over for a week now, and I wanted to announce the randomly selected prize winners. After thinking about things for a week, I have to conclude that the project was a success. It is the first time we’ve held such an event on the blog, [...]

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More Honors Bestowed Upon Us During Blogging Award Season

by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2007

This has been an interesting past few weeks. I guess the blogging world is pre-empting the entertainment business with its awards season. This blogging award season has been kind to us so far, as I’ve been blessed with some very generous honors that I thought you’d like to hear about. First, as many of you [...]

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Episode 3 of Flipper Nation: The Flippin’ Fight

by Joshua Dorkin | January 9, 2007

Those crazy guys at Flipper Nation premiered the latest episode of their web comedy. Check out: Flipper Nation: Episode 3: The Flippin’ Fight If you liked this episode, check out Episode 2!

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Horray for Smart Online Real Estate Marketing: Vote for BiggerPockets!

by Joshua Dorkin | January 4, 2007

Recognize Great Marketing When You See ItWhen someone has a good idea, you have to acknowledge them. As a long-time real estate blogger (that is in relative terms), I’ve seen thousands of blogs pop up throughout the past year. Many have been good, but I did not really take notice, as I currently subscribe to [...]

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The 14 Coolest Real Estate Stories of 2006

by Joshua Dorkin | December 29, 2006

We went surfing through Digg to find the most popular real estate stories from the last year. Here are the 14 coolest real estate stories that we could find among the masses of submissions: The next real estate boom ” Picture the scene: it’s 2025, and you and your family are living in a beautiful, [...]

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2007 Real Estate Goals Writing Project: Complete List of Submissions

by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2006

The 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project has begun, and the submissions have started to roll in: Friday, January 5, 2007 Real Estate Goals for 2007 Group Writing Project by Spencer Barron 2007 Real Estate Goals by Teresa Boardman Monday, January 1, 2007 Goals for the year 2007 by Jarkko Aho Our First New [...]

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2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project Update

by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2006

We’ve begun to see prize donations for our 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project. I’ve heard that there are quite a few people interested in the contest, so please start writing your goals so we can start linking to you and your blog! I’d like to thank: Jeff Byer of Print Fellas for donating [...]

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Don’t Just Buy a Home, Buy an Island!

by Joshua Dorkin | December 13, 2006

Looking for your own place under the sun? Do you want to find a nice home to settle down in? Sick of crowded city-living? Why just buy a home when you can buy your own private island! Private Islands Online is a fantastic resource that will let you find your Dream Island! The site has [...]

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Launch of the First True Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | November 26, 2006

We’ve Just Launched the First TRUE Real Estate Wiki I’m excited to share with everyone the launch of our Real Estate Wiki – http://wiki.biggerpockets.com ! In an effort to continue to bring helpful tools and resources to the real estate community, we thought that a wiki devoted wholy to real estate would be a logical [...]

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Going Carnival Crazy!

by Joshua Dorkin | November 20, 2006

This week, our post real estate partnership questions was featured in two blog carnivals, The Carnival of Real Estate Investing hosted by Fliperati, and The Carnival of Business, hosted by Business & Technology Reinvention. We were notably absent at the carnival of real estate, however, as a consolation prize, we were mentioned as having submitted [...]

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Top 10 Real Estate Lies of 2006

by Joshua Dorkin | November 13, 2006

In an effort to find some humor looking back on the world of real estate this year, I thought a Top 10 list would be appropriate. Here’s to all the real estate agents liars out there: Top 10 Real Estate Lies of 2006 This is not a real estate bubble! These prices will only continue [...]

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Breaking Down Real Estate AdSpeak – Funny Definitions for Real Estate Jargon

by Joshua Dorkin | November 4, 2006

The Washington State University Department of Mathematics has blessed the real estate world with new definitions for some real estate terms we often see real estate agents and FSBOs use in the classified ads. Leave it to the math geeks to come up with something clever during the great housing bubble of the new millennium [...]

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Find Comparable Rents With Rentometer

by Joshua Dorkin | October 9, 2006

I got an email this weekend about a great little tool that I wanted to share with everyone. Rentometer Just enter a property address, number of units in the building, and the current monthly rent, and Rentometer will show you where your price stands compared to others in the area. In addition, this Google mashup [...]

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Getting Married!

by Joshua Dorkin | October 8, 2006

Many of you may have noticed that it has been a bit quiet around these parts recently. I’ve actually had some health issues arise and was in the hospital a few times. Everything is okay now, but I have to admit I was quite scared on 2 occasions in the past week and a half. [...]

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