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13 January 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Destiney E Goins: Hello, I am new to investing, and feel like I have been blindly stumbling through this experience the last few months.
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25 January 2025 | 155 replies
If you are new to REI and want to be immersed in it, try it, won’t work for everyone, but worked for me.
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12 January 2025 | 7 replies
I’ve already put down a $2,000 earnest deposit and paid for the inspection and appraisal.This event is unprecedented in the area, as the area is typically low in violence and considered very safe.
29 January 2025 | 20 replies
Recommend you have a great understanding of the answers to these questions before thinking about a lawsuit.You'll also want to use these questions as discussion points with any new PMC you interview.If you post the address, everyone here will be able to give you more feedback about the quality of the listing and perhaps more insights.
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23 January 2025 | 3 replies
Making additional payments or taking a shorter term are just depositing more into that savings account (it's not like the property appreciates more by paying down the loan).
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
We put a sign on every property to: attract tenants, create brand awareness, and to help prevent scammers from using our properties as bait.
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19 January 2025 | 9 replies
Thing is, I will need to go DSCR loans from here on out or just stop buying new real estate altogether.
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6 February 2025 | 0 replies
Hi everyone! I just found this group. I've seen a lot of people mentioning reading books and soaking up knowledge to start. What books would you suggest? My husband and I are in our late 40s and very late to starting ...
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5 February 2025 | 7 replies
Hello BP community! My name is Bryce Miller, and I currently live in the Phoenix valley. Right now, I am renting but have a goal of purchasing a duplex, triplex, or quadplex in the coming months. My plan is to live in...
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3 February 2025 | 34 replies
I am wondering if my first steps (past the education part) is to build a network of people who know, like, and trust me through posting content like newsletters, articles, podcasts, doing webinars, going to events (aka build my brand), or, should I first find a deal and then raise capital?