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In short five years ago and a few years out from retirement I decided to learn about real estate investing so I could be prepared to get more heavily involved upon my retirement. Although I learned some from a friend ...
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- When you first started out, did you invest in GURUS, Mentors Or Books? Or all three? - What helped you GROW?
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Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...
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Coming across this website and the Financial Independence subreddit, I've gotten an itch to increase my rental real estate portfolio to start generating residual income. My wife and I sat down together to look at our...
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I was just listening to Elizabeth Colegrove on podcast 103. She is obviously a very bright investor who is currently doing what I call the W.E.B. Griffin RE investing strategy. Basically, buying a house at every dut...
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Hey guys my name is Kadijah I'm from Virginia beach, Va. I'm interested in flipping single family homes. I've been reading articles and books for the past few weeks and I have to admit I'm a little afraid and I keep f...
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Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
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Thought it would be nice to see who is wholesaling (closing deals) and where they are doing business. Even if you're new chime in, just let us know what stage you're in on getting things done. My company operates out ...