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About a year ago I found BiggerPockets and renewed my REI education efforts. During that time I've kept my eye open for deals and have looked at several properties. I made a goal of closing two deals in 2017. I pret...
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Howdy! I'm Patrick from Hudson, MA. I've always been interested in real estate and got my feet wet 7 years ago 2 weeks after we got married. My wife and skipped taking a honeymoon, and bought our first condo in DC fre...
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Hello there!
I am looking for an investment property to buy. I am finding some distressed houses. If my offer is accepted, what to look for to ensure the home is valued at the asking price? Do I need to get an apprai...
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Hello all. How much should I give my agent/partner on the first few deals? I D4D, call the agents on on-market deals and call the owners. She represents me as a licensed agent and gives me advice as to how I should p...
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What are some real estate goals you want to accomplish this year?
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So im always searching zillow, auction.com and so on, is it just me, or are the banks starting to ask top dollar for foreclosures ? I know Ive had many discussions with the agent ive been working with, and shes been t...
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The real estate market in Greenville continues to be hot. With decreases in inventory and increases in population prices have continued to quickly rise in the city limits. Being from the area, i feel as though i am hy...
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So I’m finally taking the equity out of a duplex I purchased back in 2015. I will have about 150-170K cash after doing a cash out refi. I was going to play it safe and stay local in my Tampa Bay market, which means th...
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ABOR March numbers were released today so David Ivy should be posting them for us here on BP soon. To say I was surprised about the year-over-year sales volume beat is an understatement. After we review the weekly M...
Hi everyone, I am new to REI and loving it. I have had thoughts about doing REI since the beginning of this year but did not really do anything about it and did not pursue it in any way. It has only been in the last c...