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I am a new potential investor. I'm still lurking, reading, learning here. My long term goal is to take early retirement from my company within the next 2 years, and buy a couple of multi family properties to supple...
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I created a heat map showing the population changes in each state over the past five years (2020–2024).
The states experiencing the largest population increases are Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina. ...
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This has probably happened to many of us, my advertising text for a property was cloned nearly word-for-word by a local investor in one of his ads for a rental property. Usually, we can't do anything about it except...
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Hi all, Is the only way to figure out where future development planning is occurring is to go to city council meetings? Any one have any tricks/tips on figuring this out before development occurs so that we can try to...
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I’ve been looking at passive investing in apartment buildings and been introduced to a deal that looks worth investing. However, I’m new to this so I have a few questions. I’m curious what is typical and what is allow...
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Scott, @Scott Trench,I must say, you truly disappointed me with your negative article on stock investing. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/04/16/ridiculousness-of-stock-picking-waste-of-time-young-investo...
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I’m a super newbie. I heard on the podcast a couple times of some people who bought a house with cash, no mortgage at all, and used the BRRR method. I don’t understand how you can refinance a house that has no mortg...
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Unemployment claims are inching down, the economy’s Q2 numbers were revised up a bit, and the sentiment in the articles I see all point to a recovery. Is this election propaganda or are we actually seeing what will...
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Hey everyone, my name is Peter Firehock, and I work in Alexandria Virginia as an Acquisitions Associate for a real estate investment fund called BPG Holdings, helping the fund source multi-family investment opportunit...
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In an upscale neighborhood in Brentwood California a guy rented out his guest house on Airbnb.His latest guest has now lived in his guest house for years, she hasn't paid rent in 540 days, and she is saying she will n...