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I am very excited to join the Bigger Pockets community! I have been involved mainly in the commercial real estate development of my community through my role as Chamber of Commerce President. I would like to become in...
The clock is ticking to tax day, and you could be stuck with a big tax bill. Thankfully, if you own real estate, reducing your taxes is easy. Don’t know which write-offs to take? We brought CPA and real estate investo...
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The May 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). We're all familiar with the story by now: record prices, decreasing housing inventory, and continuing affordability is...
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I am a real estate agent looking to jump into the investment side and read BP and took the advice of going to my local REIA. I also went to Tan Merrill’s awful 3 day workshop and it was a waste of time and money. The ...
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The February 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. The Austin area housing market didn't care that February is typically a slow month. Home sales volume across the greater...
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Hey what's going on guys, my name is Nick Morris and I am looking to start a REI team in tge DFW area. I live in Denton, TX but commute everywhere anyway. If you are interested in starting a team with me then send me ...
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I have a silly question that I need answered..I am very new to REI and will be Bird dogging to get my feet wet. My question is that I want to print some business cards however i'm not sure what my title should be. Wou...
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Is there ever any way to negotiate with the bank directly on their reo's or its it always through a listing agent only?? I guess what I'm wondering is there a way to get to an asset manager at all??
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Looks like the U.S is pulling out of Iraq within the year and the war is over.
What are your thoughts on this?
I'm glad families will be reunited. I'm hoping what happened in Iraq is sustainable.
On another note:...
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The July 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). Despite tight housing inventory, rising interest rates, and affordability challenges, Austin posted double-digit incr...