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15 July 2024 | 5 replies
Hi RakahDid you get any positive abdate from your post, I am also new to real estate living in Dubai
16 July 2024 | 2 replies
"Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm Sumedha, a real estate enthusiast from San Jose, CA, on a journey towards financial freedom through property investing. My focus areas include multifamily properties, buy-and-hold s...
19 July 2024 | 9 replies
If someone was building their home new (or major reno) for the first 5 months of the year and then places the property into service in June, does the first 5 months of contractor work (building the new home) count towards the calculations or does the timeline only start after the home is put into rental service?
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18 July 2024 | 8 replies
I've been doing 3-6 "trial leases" for new tenants and they can extend after; however, I have a W2 sales job that takes a lot of my time.
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19 July 2024 | 3 replies
If you aren't disciplined with what you already have, you won't be disciplined with anything new.
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19 July 2024 | 19 replies
I am considering a 20 foot extension to my cabin - a new master suite with bathroom and fireplace, that would take me to around 2900 feet.
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16 July 2024 | 2 replies
Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm John Mastin from Dallas TX. I have been mildly real estate investing for the last 10 years with varied success. I'm particularly passionate about finally growing my portfolio from my...
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15 July 2024 | 26 replies
Attention new investors: As I’ve immersed myself in the BiggerPockets forums, I’ve observed an extreme emphasis placed on asset protection by those entering the business but their approach and where they decide to allocate their time and resources is misplaced.
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16 July 2024 | 1 reply
Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm Jeff Hodges from Myrtle Beach, SC, My wife Lynette and I are passionate about real estate investing for the last year. I'm particularly passionate about Fix and Flips and BRRR
Outsi...
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14 July 2024 | 13 replies
You can buy an almost new or brand new single family home here in Arizona for $250-300k, combine taxes and insurance of under $2k per year, rent for $1500-1800, will break even on cash flow with 25-30% down because there is no maintenance or cap ex since it's new (you will have these eventually but rents will increase by the time that happens).