How does a HELOC work? Can you use one to start investing in real estate when you’re low on cash? And, if you do decide to go the rental property investing route, how do you ensure you’ll retire a millionaire? If thes...
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I work at an asset management shop. We trade securities and watch the markets very closely every day. Today while watching the DOW drop almost 500 points at its very bottom, I found myself, as I do many days, rooting ...
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Background:I connected with a guy on BP in Feb 2014 who was just getting started in wholesaling as a FT gig. We met up at a Starbucks, and he drew on a napkin his understanding of how the "flipping a contract" process...
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Anyone here investing (or considering investing) in high-rise condos on or near the strip? Interested in your thoughts about likely effect that the completion of Resorts World and the Drew will have on this market (e...
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Hey all!First time posting on the Bigger Pockets forums, but I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast all the time when I am in the car and have become really interested and passionate about real estate.I a...
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The new normality is pushing more companies to rely on remote work as a measure to prevent COVID-19 spreading. The current circumstances created the perfect scenario for the boom of the so-called “Zoom towns”: rural a...
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Hello BP Community!Anyone have any thoughts on investing on the East side of Chicago? (Avenue B-O) This sometimes seems like a "forgotten" part of the city, especially being the fact that it runs right up to Indiana s...
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I just completed an almost simultaneous close on two different properties. On Friday I closed on 36.4 acres of vacant farmland. This past Monday I closed on a 3bd / 2ba house on 1 acre.
I want to turn the 36 acres i...
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If not, then you probably have not visited Dubai. Wifey and I returned a week ago from a land tour and cruise in the Arabian Sea. We visited several locations in Oman and two of the seven emirates in the united Arab e...
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Hello all. I'm new to real-estate, and only 19yrs old. I'm in college and want to start out mentioning that I do not have money nor any assets of notable worth. However I know of some properties that are going to b...