13 November 2025 | 9 replies
(starting from 2-5 units and going up slowly)What are the most important concepts and terms to understand when getting started with multi-family property investments?
21 October 2025 | 19 replies
I'm starting my investing career and have a question for the group. I want to do a BRRRR and am curious on if it's best for me to take a HELOC on my primary residence and pay cash for my 1st property/rehab or try to g...
13 November 2025 | 2 replies
As a general investing concept, and as a newbie who has little capital to invest anyway, I have become a huge proponent of putting as little of your personal wealth into a deal as possible.
13 November 2025 | 7 replies
As a general investing concept, and as a newbie who has little capital to invest anyway, I have become a huge proponent of putting as little of your personal wealth into a deal as possible.
12 November 2025 | 2 replies
Any ideas, proof of concept, or real life stories you wish to share?
6 November 2025 | 0 replies
Hello bigger pockets family my name is James and I'm fairly new to real estate investing, I've been educating myself myself with the lingo, concepts, and often used terminology in this field.
12 November 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @James Friar: Hello bigger pockets family my name is James and I'm fairly new to real estate investing, ive been educating myself on kinda how things work (the lingo, terms,concepts) and still trying to figure out the process of this feild and after watching so many videos and listening to other investors experiences i decided that i would like to take the new land construction route, i was just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction on how to get my feet with this process.
3 November 2025 | 8 replies
I love the concept of the stack method. 2 units to start and prove you can do it. 4 units next to start scaling and keep pushing from there!
11 November 2025 | 5 replies
What many fail to recognize is that this isn’t true investing—it’s running a business, with all the operational headaches, turnover, and liability that come with it.How I am applying this advice to my own pipeline: Amending zoning to an assemblage which already has approvals for 19 apartments (10 converted and 9 new construction) and two small storefronts, into a concept that has an expanded restaurant/ground level beer garden use.
14 November 2025 | 20 replies
To intentionally reduce the leverage more than required is a foreign concept to me.Best wishesI think the real problem here is a complete misunderstanding of what REI really is.