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Hello BP Community!My name is Chris Gerenser and I live in Napa, CA with my wife and three girls. We currently have one rental property, as we held onto the home we outgrew. We have been interested in acquiring more...
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I just purchased my first property ever thanks to BiggerPockets! It's a B-class duplex in Texas that needed very little work to be ready to rent. Purchased it for $194k and closed my funding on June 1 and put up ads...
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Buying your first investment property is a big step. You think you’re ready, but maybe you are still a little nervous. Everyone wants to get it right on the first one since this will help build confidence for the futu...
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Hi, My name is Peter Tang and other than buying a house to live in, that's the limit of my experience with rei. I was full time employed for the last 25 years as an IT person but being recently laid off I've gained ...
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Hello all, excited to finally be joining bigger pockets. I've listened to a lot of the podcasts and have learned a lot, so I figured the next step was joining the site. I really just got involved in real estate invest...
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I am 50 years old and just starting out in the wholesale and lease option of houses, in the area of Carriere, Picayune and Poplarville Ms.I want to be able to Help others to make money. and make a little for me too.le...
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Good Morning, My name is Kyle Edens and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I live in Lexington, SC, born and raised, attended College at Newberry College graduate of '11. I am currently in the employee ben...
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Hey BP community, I'm not sure there is an answer to this question but throwing it out there since I've quickly learned to respect the opinions and feedback from my BP colleagues...
I've studied, listened, read and r...
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I've been actively looking for a multi-family investment property in Grand Rapids, Mi (GR) for the past 2-3 months and have continually run into either bidding wars, deals that get snapped up the very next day, or pla...
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We may be witnessing the largest financial collapse in centuries. Take a step back and look at what is happening:
ï‚· Subprime meltdown
ï‚· Housing bubble
ï‚· Foreclosure crisis
ï‚· Bear Stearns collapse
ï‚· Country...