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I was just wondering what everybody's education or background is? seems that a large percentage of you folks have some type of formal "business" or finance education, or come directly from the world of Real Estate?
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That was really my biggest challange when getting started investing in real estate. i didn't read a lot of the post in the wholesale catagory, but i have not seen one taht address this. When i got started it seemed li...
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Real Estate Investing has created and built wealth for so many investors over the years. There are so many shows on TV today that discuss flip, flip, flip!!!! YOU can make fast cash when you flip but it would also be...
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Please forgive the lengthiness of this post.My situation isn’t unique, but there are one or two factors that make this situation, in my eyes, impossible. My father passed three years ago. My husband and I decided to m...
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Has anyone cashed out their 401k to try and get a greater return on their money and use the proceeds to invest in RE? I have contemplated doing this.
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When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall. Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...
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I have my real estate license, I study the market. I read all the great investing books, I listen to the bigger pockets podcast religiously. I am so ready to let our money work for us, instead of us working for our m...
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It seems that turnkey sellers are sprouting like mushrooms, not unexpected giving all the distressed inventory being snapped up.
Current practice by the largest turnkey sellers strikes me as questionable. Here are a...
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Hi BiggerPockets - I am considering writing a lengthy discussion on how to invest a large lump sum of money effectively. This topic comes up for discussion a LOT here on BiggerPockets, as it seems there are many reaso...
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Hey does anyone have solar in their rental properties?If so what is the best way to go-- finance or buy it outright? I'm in southern california.