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Hello BP, new member here. I'm looking to start my Real estate investment portfolio, but I'm a bit conflicted on how to get it going. I have a good amount of equity built-up on my home right now, but I'm a little hesi...
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I’m trying to help my buyer clients find a loan for a house in Maine but we haven’t found anyone who will lend, any suggestions
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Hello BP nation! I am a total newbie in the Southern Maryland area. I am looking to buy my first property and decided to go on lending tree to compare some mortgage companies. I am guessing I made a mistake, because n...
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Realizing this is a pretty competitive market. I get notices on homes that hit the market from my realtor and we look and bid and boom...gone. I am hitting 0-50k market...offering cash next day. Any pointers would ...
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I am looking for different resources to find data and information on a particular real estate market. Such as job growth, values, population growth, etc. Is there a good website, periodical or any other sources.I live...
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I love participating in these forums and have given and received advice, insight, and ideas to/from hundreds of fellow investors. I am less excited, however, about receiving one-sided requests by DM, which happens of...
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Greetings from Conshohocken! I am new to Bigger Pockets but not a newbie to real estate. My day job for the last 9 years has been in commercial real estate with leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, and more recen...
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I heard about BP but had no idea how broad the spectrum of real estate topics were here. Wow! The only disappointment was that I had been encouraged to join BP for months and am just now getting involved.
I am a f...
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Hey bp, quick question.. i've started my mailings and have a serious question, once you've did your research on a property where a owner is no longer there. what the next step to finding the owners new address or cont...
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I'm really interested in using Keystone CPA/Amanda Han, but I can't get anyone there to call me back to set an appointment. I wish they had a receptionist. Anyone else experience the same? Have a connection there?