3 Reasons to Quit Your 9-5 to Invest in Real Estate Full-Time
G’day, everyone. I hope you’re enjoying the weekend and dreading going back to work on Monday. Yes, I hope you’re dreading to go back to work on Monday. Working a…
Personal Development & Goals
Real estate investing is a continual learning process. Mistakes and lessons learned characterize almost every investor's career. The great thing about BiggerPockets is that it allows you to learn from the triumphs and failures of other investors around the country. Spending the time to learn from others' experience can significantly speed up your real estate portfolio growth and help you to avoid setbacks. This section of the BiggerPockets Blog is dedicated to those types of posts that help investors become successful in real estate and avoid mistakes that others have made in the past. You can read up on more similar stories and discussions in our Real Estate Success Stories Forum.
The Best Way to Value Your Time (+ Some Daily Motivation!)
I hate the term YOLO…with a passion. For those of you who are unfamiliar, this overused acronym stands for “You Only Live Once,” and has become the millennial version of…
10 Ways to Build a Reputation as Your Market’s Premier Real Estate Investor
The three most important words in real estate are “location, location, location.” Running behind in a close fourth is reputation. Reputation in real estate is extremely important. It can even…
Working With Purpose: How I’ve Found Focus By Developing My “Why”
G’Day, everyone. It’s past 8 p.m. on a Thursday night the day before Good Friday, and although I left the office earlier than usual today (around 6 p.m.), I decided…
Don’t Learn the Hard Way: Why Contingency Funds are VITAL in Real Estate
I’ve had the pleasure of working with two incredible partners over the past 5-6 months, and I have to say, real estate is awesome. I mean seriously, it’s a great…
Confessions of Serial Mistake-Maker: How I’ve Found Real Estate Success Through Failure
Pretty much without exception, every real estate investor or successful individual for that matter, will recount the many mistakes they’ve made before becoming successful. These anti-nostalgic trips down memory lane do…
I Quit My Day Job, Retired Early & Started a New Venture Using Real Estate: Here’s How
It’s hard to imagine now how hard it was to save up that initial $5,000 to buy my first rental property back in 1989. I bought a duplex, which was…
11 Smart Ways to Use BiggerPockets to Become a Better Entrepreneur
With a diverse community as big as BiggerPockets, it’s easy to get lost or overwhelmed by the amount of Forum posts, blogs, people and information being shot at you as…
A Lesson in Real Estate Safety: My Encounter With a Squatter (Pics Included!)
As always, I am a firm believer in sharing my stories and experiences from the trenches with the community here on BiggerPockets. However, this case study has a twist, and…
The Boring (& Completely Effective) Way to Build Wealth: A Case Study For Young Investors
Both my kids are in their 30s. I suspect they’re like the majority of their peer group in that they simply wanna make good decisions, live their lives, raise their…
7 Ways to Stay HAPPILY Married When Investing with your Spouse!
Hello again. Liz here to share some success tips when investing and working with your spouse. Matt (my husband of almost nine years) and I have learned a lot about…
4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Blindly Take Advice from a Realtor
Don’t be fooled by the title. Let me start out by saying I love working with Realtors in my business; that is certain Realtors. What do I mean by that? …
Real Estate Investors: Do These 5 Things Now… Or Regret It 10 Years From Now
As people who use real estate investing to pursue their dreams, we often put our focus on short-term goals and results and neglect the more important long-term vision. And don’t get…
