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New Investor Looking to make Connections
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Cleveland, Ohio
New Investor Looking to make Connections

Hi, I am a new investor in the Cleveland area. I am based out of Lexington KY, I have just bought my first property in Cleveland. I am looking to make some connections in the area and learn more and get more invested in the business!

Smoky Mountain STR & Real Estate Specialists
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Sevierville, Tennessee
Smoky Mountain STR & Real Estate Specialists

We’re Karen Cubberley and Shelly Gillum, real estate professionals specializing in the Smoky Mountain market, including Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and surrounding areas. We work with buyers, sellers, and investors looking for short-term rentals, investment properties, new construction...

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From Networking to Real Deals 🤝
New Member Introductions
From Networking to Real Deals 🤝

Hey everyone! I’m Austin, getting serious about real estate investing and building my network. I’m focused on finding opportunities, building relationships with investors and real estate professionals, and creating mutually beneficial partnerships where everyone wins. I’m here to learn, contribut...

New to investing!
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Springfield, Missouri
New to investing!

Hi all, Excited to be here. I've been listening to the BiggerPockets podcast for a few years now, and they keep telling me to network, so here I am. I haven't done any deals yet, but actively checking the market and looking to invest in a short or midterm rental property. I'm open to other strate...

New Here - Seeking direction towards retirement and financial freedom
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Atlanta, Georgia
New Here - Seeking direction towards retirement and financial freedom

Hello all and happy Saturday! The weekends here and I’m able to slow down to gather myself. I figured why not join the BP forums and connect with others who may have at one point been in my situation or are currently navigating it. I can’t be the only one, right? I’m unsure where to post my story...

New member intro
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New member intro

We are new to Bigger Pockets and are just getting into the real estate game in our mid 50's, so we are a little behind. We just bought our first house to rehab, and just got it rented. We ended up paying for the house in total, with the rehab, so while the rent coming in is nice, now we are a lit...

New to BiggerPockets
New Member Introductions
New to BiggerPockets

My wife and I are new to BiggerPockets and excited to finally get started in real estate investing. We have talked about it and researched properties for years, but we never felt ready to take the leap. Now we are in a good position to move forward and are trying to figure out the best place to s...

Hello BP world!
New Member Introductions
Huntsville, Alabama
Hello BP world!

Hey BP — I'm Tyson, a Huntsville, AL investor with a family renovation business. We've been flipping houses for over a decade. I also have a background in molecular genetics research (PhD, NIH fellowship), which is a weird combo but it means I approach deals like a scientist: data first, gut seco...

California to Texas: Getting Started in Real Estate Investing
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Dallas, Texas
California to Texas: Getting Started in Real Estate Investing

Hi everyone! My husband and I recently moved from California to Texas and are excited to get more involved in real estate investing. We’re especially interested in auctions, distressed properties, and fix-and-flip opportunities. We both work full-time in the architecture, engineering, and constru...

New Investor Need Advice
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Austin, Texas
New Investor Need Advice

I’m 24 and recently moved to Austin, TX on a TN visa, working full time as an engineer. I’m looking to purchase my first long term rental property and start building a portfolio, focusing mainly on Austin and the surrounding metro area. A little background on me, I have over $100K USD in savings,...

Donovan Gill- Introduction
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Norfolk, Virginia
Donovan Gill- Introduction

Hello all! My name is Donovan Gill, and I am a 23 year old senior real estate major at Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia. I am co-president of the real estate club at ODU, and I am in my final semester. I started my real estate investment company this April with my cousin, and I am ha...

New member — building a lease-to-CAM reconciliation pipeline, here to learn
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New member — building a lease-to-CAM reconciliation pipeline, here to learn

Hi all. Nikita, in Minsk, working US hours. I'm building a pipeline that reads commercial leases and pulls the recovery rules — tenant share, denominator, cap type, gross-up, exclusions, admin fee, capex — each with a quote and page number, then runs the year-end CAM reconciliation against the ow...

Hello from Kansas — Looking to Connect with Real Estate Investors
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Topeka, Kansas
Hello from Kansas — Looking to Connect with Real Estate Investors

Hi everyone! I'm based in Topeka, Kansas, and I'm excited to become part of the BiggerPockets community. My background is in education and business, and I've recently focused my professional work on real estate financing. I help real estate investors connect with private capital and financing sol...

Headline: From no job & zero income to securing a Private Money Partner
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San Antonio, Texas
Headline: From no job & zero income to securing a Private Money Partner

I was getting denied on every job application, but I don’t believe in handouts and refused to ask for help. I had a computer, internet, and leads, so I took matters into my own hands and dove into wholesaling—with my eyes set on fixing and flipping. Bills were still piling up, so to create immedi...

Just getting started
New Member Introductions
Just getting started

Hey everyone, my name is Billy and I've been wanting to get into the rental market for a while now. I've been reading trying to learn more about it. I was wondering if there was any books that align with my goals that made a difference in your path to success. Any suggestions?

Newish Here - Hello from SLC Utah
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Newish Here - Hello from SLC Utah

I’ve been a member for a year or two but am now deciding to take an active role in the forum. Agent and investor in Utah, I’m excited to learn and grow with y’all.

New and too Green
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
New and too Green

Hey everyone. I'm brand new to getting my feet wet in real estate. I am kind of working backwards and I figured this is a good place to help me figure out as I go. Basically, I was walking my dogs and walked past a house that recently went up for sale. I thought. "This is perfect for a STR!". So ...

New Investor- Best first move?!
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Houston, Texas
New Investor- Best first move?!

Hey everyone, I'm new to BiggerPockets and I'm looking to learn from people who have already built successful real estate portfolios. I'm at the point where I want to move beyond simply owning my primary residence and start building some investment properties, but I'm trying to figure out the sma...

New here - buying distressed single-family homes at Pennsylvania county auctions
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New here - buying distressed single-family homes at Pennsylvania county auctions

Hi everyone, I'm Arturo. I run distressed single-family acquisitions in Pennsylvania with a team on the ground, while I handle the analysis and underwriting remotely. Over the past year I've closed six properties across four counties in the state, all bought well below their finished value. The m...

Hello from Houston, TX
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Houston, Texas
Hello from Houston, TX

Hey everyone, I've been a BP member for over 10 years but haven't been active for about five, so I figured it was time to reintroduce myself. I'm Joseph, CEO of TriArc — a Houston-based developer and operator with more than 2,500 doors under management and another 600 under development. We also p...

Property Manager Introduction
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Chicago, Illinois
Property Manager Introduction

Hi BiggerPockets Community! I wanted to introduce myself to the network. I am a dedicated property manager with over 8 years of hands-on experience maximizing ROI for landlords across the North, South, East, and West sides of Chicago. Having personally managed an extensive portfolio of doors—span...

NC Broker, Property Manager & Investor — Fayetteville / Fort Bragg / Sandhills
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NC Broker, Property Manager & Investor — Fayetteville / Fort Bragg / Sandhills

Hi everyone, I’m Nick Eiberger from Fayetteville, North Carolina. I’m the Broker/Owner of ONNIT Realty Group and the owner of ANE Property Management. My day-to-day work covers residential sales, investment properties, property management, renovations, and helping investors evaluate opportunities...

Virginia Beach & Hampton Roads Investor + Real Estate Agent
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Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach & Hampton Roads Investor + Real Estate Agent

Hey everyone! Checking in from Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. I’m a real estate investor and licensed Virginia real estate agent serving Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, and the surrounding Hampton Roads market. I got into real estate inve...

New to real estate investing
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Bridgewater, New Jersey
New to real estate investing

Good Morning all, I'm Tony. I've been in different avenues of real estate (property management, BPO's, real estate photography) but now I want to dive in and start investing. I'm currently interested in flipping homes and will eventually shift to rentals. I really want to understand every aspect ...

New Investor Hoping to Find Deals for a Fix & Flipper
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Washington, District of Columbia
New Investor Hoping to Find Deals for a Fix & Flipper

Hello! I am hoping to connect with a fix and flip investor who would be open to a newbie finding and sending leads to them! I just finished a training on birddogging and would love to get experience with this method as a way to build capital toward future investment projects.