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19 January 2025 | 10 replies
Quote from @Andre Lemberg: I've been using Smarter Contact for over two years as a real estate wholesaler.
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22 January 2025 | 56 replies
We decided to invest into real estate in our early 30s.
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17 January 2025 | 1 reply
The Creative Investor Meetup is designed for beginning to advanced investors who would like additional strategies when constructing deals.All aspects of real estate investing will be covered including (but not limited to) - Wholesaling, Flipping, Buy and Hold and Commercial with an emphasis on Creative Financing.
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17 January 2025 | 3 replies
Wholesaling real estate is a great way to start as you must become familiar with deal underwriting and deal sourcing.
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22 January 2025 | 2 replies
VA Loan Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?
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11 February 2025 | 30 replies
Hey, Noobie here but am looking at MTR as an initial step into real estate investing.
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22 January 2025 | 4 replies
If you’re interested in investing in real estate, you can consider doing so with a Self-Directed IRA to defer taxes on capital gains until you actually withdraw the funds from your IRA.
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17 January 2025 | 0 replies
Hi BiggerPockets community,I’m new to real estate investing and currently running a remote operation to help connect investors with distressed homeowners and foreclosed properties across various markets.
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15 January 2025 | 4 replies
Hello Doug, I am not a real estate attorney nor is this legal advice.Unless someone's state has specific laws banning contract assignments you should be fine doing the following.
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22 January 2025 | 9 replies
There’s no real reason to jump into another market unless your goals shift and your current market doesn’t fit anymore—or if the market itself stops producing the results you need.Mastering one market and squeezing every opportunity out of it is a much better play than spreading yourself too thin and getting half-baked results in multiple places.