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The buzz around the country right now is the shifting economy and that is no different in the real estate sector. With the Fed raising the overnight interest rates and implementing Quantitative Tightening (QT) to comb...
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I'm about to get my feet wet into investing, and I will be investing a pretty sizable chunk of my savings too. The area is the Indian Orchard part of Springfield in Massachusetts, and this home is a bit above the medi...
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We live in southern California just north of San Diego. I'm a full-time paid firefighter. My wife is a full-time nurse. We are looking to begin investing in out-of-state real estate.The original plan was to continue...
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Hi,
I've been enjoying this site for months now and finally signed up. I love real estate- it's not like learning, it's like breathing! I have been involved in real estate casually for several years, always as a...
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Current position: We bought a house in Manassas, Virginia in 2019 for $290k (single family split-level 3/2 [can be 4/3 once the basement is finished] on 1 acre) -- we bought it as a project house, with a plan to live ...
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Hi There!I am a new BP member, but had been an avid listener since last year. I have a couple of buy and hold properties in Las Vegas and wanted to add one more in my portfolio. In my research this question had been l...
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I'm trying to wrap my head around whether a HELOC is a good idea for an investment property. I applied for a HELOC and got a "counter offer" for a HELOC - Interest Only. Is this a good strategy to use for making dow...
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Hello everyone. Thanks for taking the time. I've been doing a live-in-flip in Seattle for the last 2.5 years. Two realtor friends have told me my house is now $700k give or take, with about $300k equity. We've conside...
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Where to start? My wife and I would love to invest in real estate, house, 2 plex, 4 plex, etc. we have no idea how to even get started. We paid off our current home a year ago, and have investments in the stock market...
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Hi I'm new to Bigger pockets but I've been reading a ton and listening non stop to the podcasts. I am kind of excited about a prospect on my street. It's been sitting vacant before I moved I to my house and for who ...