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My first attempted deal in REI turned into a bust yesterday as the seller failed to perform. I'm hoping to field some advice from the biggerpockets crowd on how to handle this situation. It's a bit of a long post (sor...
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Hi everyone,I'm wondering whether my fiancé and I should begin to pay our debt down ASAP or begin investing in RE. I know there are intelligent arguments on both sides of this issue and that it depends on the details ...
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First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook for Avoiding Rookie Mistakes is available now!
@Mindy Jensen and @Scott Trench have been buying and selling houses for a collective thirty years. In First-Time Home Buye...
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Here are my results after about $67K worth of direct mail cost in 2014. It would be awesome is we could have everyone who has sent more than, say, 5,000 mail pieces, to post their REAL WORLD results as well. Collect...
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I am new to investing in general, but have been doing a lot of research and am eager to get started in real estate. I live in San Diego. I am mostly interested in buy and hold rental properties and learning that busin...
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Hi - we're getting ready to "push the button" with Kay Properties on a 1031 finance purchase of a $100,000 offering. Still doing a little Due Diligence. This will be a first DST purchase for us, and the 3rd time invo...
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BP, Minimal or no appreciation, lower overall values, hit or miss area but constant cash flow. Is there a problem with this? My strategy is to replace my income with rental properties.Slice and dice it!Matt
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Hi everyone! I'm new to the forums and to REI. I haven't done my first deal yet. Actually, my husband and I nearly bought a place earlier this year. That place fell through at the last minute, but although I was hugel...
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Hello, hope everyone is staying safe. This is the time to invest in storage facilities, do you agree?