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BiggerPockets.com Turns 7 – Happy Birthday!

by Joshua Dorkin | October 22, 2011

On October 22, 2004, while teaching high school in Los Angeles and worrying about my own personal real estate investments, I created BiggerPockets. The seven years that have passed since then, have seen what was intended to be a resource for my own personal needs, turn into the greatest platform online for real estate investors [...]

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Interview with Chris Clothier of Memphis Invest: Turn-Key Real Estate Investments & Landlording

by Joshua Dorkin | September 9, 2011

Chris Clothier is a real estate investor, and co-owner of the turn-key real estate investment firm, Memphis Invest. In our interview with Chris (45:13 minutes), we discuss a wide-range of topics pertinent to both novice and experienced investors alike, including: how to manage your portfolio, establishing a selection criteria for your properties, the need for [...]

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Turn-Key Property Investing: An Interview with Ken Corsini

by Joshua Dorkin | June 29, 2011

Ken Corsini is a real estate investor and founder of Georgia Residential Partners, a Turn-Key property investment firm. In our interview with Ken (12:56 minutes), we get into topics including why to get into turn-key properties, who might consider these investments, the benefits and negatives of a turn-key property investment, what to expect with these [...]

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Interview with House Flipper & Real Estate Rehabber: Tom Tarrant

by Joshua Dorkin | June 21, 2011

Tom Tarrant is a real estate rehabber or house flipper, and one of the top real estate investing bloggers out there. In our interview with Tom (30:44 minutes), we get into topics including real estate blogging, building credibility, how your blog can be used to increase dealflow, rehabbing strategies, picking the right house, a unique [...]

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Interview with Real Estate Investor: John Fedro on Mobile Homes

by Joshua Dorkin | June 18, 2011

John Fedro is a mobile home real estate investor and coach. In our interview with John (25:16 minutes), we get into topics such as starting out in mobile homes, why you need to know as many real estate strategies as possible, why “secrets” won’t make or break your business, a day in the life of [...]

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Interview with Real Estate Investor: Joey Ragona (yep, he’s Canadian!)

by Joshua Dorkin | June 13, 2011

Joey Ragona is a real estate investor from Oakville, Ontario (WAY up north – somewhere in a place called Canada). In our interview with Joey (28:08 minutes), we get into topics such as building and running a business without distractions, targeting the most appropriate tenants, investing in single family homes, joint venture partnerships, investing in [...]

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Interview with Hard Money Lender & Real Estate Investor: Kevin Amolsch

by Joshua Dorkin | June 7, 2011

Kevin Amolsch is a real estate investor and hard money lender located in the Denver, Colorado area. In our interview with Kevin (26:54 minutes), we get some great tips about topics such as using owner financing, lease options, wholesaling, building a portfolio, the life of a landlord, tenant screening, building wealth, and hard money loans. [...]

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Interview with New York Investor: Mark Updegraff

by Joshua Dorkin | May 31, 2011

Here’s another fantastic real estate investor interview (22:52 minutes) with Mark Updegraff, a buy and hold investor based in Rochester, NY, who is focused on his local market as well as parts of Pennsylvania. Mark shares his 4 years of experience and covers topics including working with turn-key investment firms, finding and screening tenants, and [...]

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Interview with California Investor & Landlord: Michael Zuber

by Joshua Dorkin | May 26, 2011

In this interview with Michael Zuber, a buy and hold investor who is based in San Francisco, but focused in the Fresno and Madera areas of California, we gain some great insight into the mindset of an experienced landlord. Michael shares his 10 years of experience and covers topics including the importance of having a [...]

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BiggerPockets Interview with Investor Rob Gillespie

by Joshua Dorkin | May 24, 2011

For the second edition of our real estate investor video interview series, we with an interview with Rob Gillespie aka Rob the House Guy. Rob has been investing for 15 years in Ohio and brings a unique perspective with his philosophy on how to become a success in this business. Rob can also be found [...]

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BiggerPockets Interview with Investor James Vermillion

by Joshua Dorkin | May 19, 2011

We kick off our real estate investor video interview series (thank you Skype!) with an interview with James Vermillion of K&V LLC. James is a rehabber based in Kentucky who is in the process of working on his 2nd and 3rd deals. While he is very early in his career, as you can tell from [...]

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Changing the Real Estate Investing Industry One Person at a Time

by Joshua Dorkin | April 22, 2011

Nobody said it would be easy, and it hasn’t been. I remember having conversations with some of my friends in the early days of BiggerPockets, and there was a lot of doubt about creating an online company to serve the real estate investing niche. There were already several established players in the REI online space, [...]

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Celebrate The Five Year BiggerPockets Blog Anniversary!

by Joshua Dorkin | March 13, 2010

Time certainly flies, doesn’t it? Today marks five years since I started the BiggerPockets Blog (formerly known as “Real Estate Investing for Real”) with a post that set off a revolution! Ok, actually, the first post on this blog, Real Estate Is a Very Hot Investment, was pretty weak, but like most other blogs experimenting [...]

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BiggerPockets.com Featured in Today’s Denver Post

by Joshua Dorkin | February 8, 2009

As proof that we continue to provide a needed service to the online real estate space, the press has once again come to write about our site. BiggerPockets.com got a great featured writeup in today’s (Sunday) Denver Post (with a nice photo of yours truly!) that we hope you’ll check out: Real estate investors at [...]

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The BiggerPockets Real Estate Show (sort of): Episode 4 – Countrywide Rant

by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2009

This episode features hosts Joshua Dorkin & Charles Feldman talking about predatory lending and how lenders won’t work with borrowers regarding pre-payment penalties unless they fall behind on their loan. The topic hits home with Josh and he tells Countrywide how he really feels about it.

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