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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
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7 February 2025 | 31 replies
The best strategy is to buy properties that need fixed up with hard money/HELOC, fix them up, the refi out to pay back your HELOC/hard money.
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2 February 2025 | 0 replies
Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment.First primary residence (2 bed/ 2 bath condo) located into a desirable part of Southern California.
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23 January 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @Jaycee Greene: @Orlando Johnson Are you still looking at buying this property?
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2 February 2025 | 7 replies
A lot of forum members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold investing, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty nice discounts on many products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their fantastic podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.
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5 February 2025 | 8 replies
When I began investing in cabins in the Smokies, I made rule that I would only buy cabins on creeks or rivers where you can catch your dinner.
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5 February 2025 | 6 replies
BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.
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5 February 2025 | 3 replies
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
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5 February 2025 | 0 replies
Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
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27 January 2025 | 29 replies
Our program teaches people how to buy small to large apartments, but we don't pressure people to buy large apartments.