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I know there are other investors on this forum who have done several exchanges and this is my first one. 

I’ve been lurking on the forums for about a year, and listen to the podcasts often.

I sent only about 80-90 letters, had a 20% response rate and closed on 4 buildings in total.Wanted to post the link to the forum here in case you missed it:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/565862-how-i-ran-a-direct-mail-campaign-with-20-response-rate-and-4-sales

I have heard people on this forum refer to sacrifice as not being able to go on a tropical vacation, giving up cable or not going to the bars on a Friday night.

This is my first time posting and I am new to the BP community & new to real estate investing, but have enjoyed listening and reading about Long Distance Investing and everyone's posts here on the forum.

Hello BP,I have been lurking in the forums for a while but this is my 1st post and I have a question I hope you all can help me with.

I’ve been listening to the podcast religiously and perusing the forums for the past 6 months, which has inspired me to take action and jumpstart my first investment property purchase.

If you're going to ask the question in a public forum you're opening yourself up to all kinds of nastiness from the IRS. 

Hello Everyone,I'm toying with an idea that I had today and was wondering if the forum would help me shoot holes in it.