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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Argel Algura: Hey Bigger Pockets Community,A year ago I wrote about rebuilding and starting over in life and considering real estate investing as a path (see post here: "Bad credit, minimal cash and starting over in life . . .
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30 January 2025 | 4 replies
A good tax professional can save you more than they charge you.
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4 February 2025 | 18 replies
other posters have started threads saying they're going to buy STRs for tax savings... and this doesn't make sense to me.
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7 February 2025 | 7 replies
I agree that with one property you can just use OTA pricing tools. 5 mins a day for adjusting and you will save money and do it yourself.
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31 January 2025 | 17 replies
If you aren’t saving the money up to buy another property chances are nothing will pay a higher rate than paying it towards your mortgage.
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29 January 2025 | 6 replies
Money came from 50k of savings and 50k borrowed from a 401k account that I am paying myself back in 5 years with a payment of 1000 a month.
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28 January 2025 | 3 replies
Should I just save that additional tuition money and put that towards my first investment?
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31 January 2025 | 7 replies
What are you thinking to get started in investing?
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22 January 2025 | 5 replies
Lots of leg work, calls and emails, but if you can find a few deals that could get you started with enough capital to get into your first deal on your own.
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2 February 2025 | 9 replies
Quote from @Duarte Marques: Thanks for the fast reply @Chris SeveneyAny tips on how to start investing in real estate?