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When I got my first couple rental homes I set up a time to meet them over at the property. Not only did it take so much time but I would get so pissed when I had no shows. I could even call them while I was at the p...
Hey BP,
I was recently listening to the awesome interview that's in the BP blog that @Douglas Dowell did with securities attorney and syndicator Gene Trowbridge. It was full of some great i...
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Hi Everybody, I'm pretty new to this space, but I've been researching this year in preparation to make my first purchase in Winter 2020. I am in my early 20's currently renting right now, and my plan was to move into ...
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Hello all,
This is my first post to bigger pockets!
I have had some real estate investing experince in the past but feel that I am at a bit of a standstill at getting my next deal. I live in chicago Il and I have su...
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Hello All,I purchased my first home at the age of 23 (after selling my Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme to fund the down payment) and have been buying and selling real estate on a small scale ever since. I love creating "ne...
Hi Everyone,I felt extremely frustrated recently as a relatively new landlord. I had unbelievably bad luck to meet two very bad tenant families in a row in 3.5 years as a new landlord. Because of my first tenants allo...
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This was originally done by another member named James. After having to start down this road i figured it needed a little more information so I added the actual form numbers and a little more info to include the websi...
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I have located land that has been used until this point as industrial and in my opinion is at the end of its life cycle. I would like to rezone for a mixed use development. All of the properties would total approximat...
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I asked this on our BiggerPockets Facebook page and have been getting some troubling responses. I thought it important to take it home to the forums to get all of your feedback. So . . .
How many real estate "guru"...