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I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.
It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...
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I mailed 500 yellow letters to out of state property owners. The mailer should have arrived in mailboxes around 3-4 days ago. So far I have received 2 call from the mailer. I used a standard yellow letter. No modi...
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I have a rental property I purchased cash using my credit cards. I purchased it for 18k rehabbed it and now it appraised about 35k. The interest rates went up and I really don't want to sell for 35k I'll break even on...
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My rental property goal was 16 properties. And now I'm under contract on rental #16!It's a 3 bedroom, 1 bath property with a 2.5 car garage and partially fenced in yard located just 7 houses down from a rental I alrea...
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Hello all! This is going to be a rather long post, but I am very perplexed on what I should do with my very current/upcoming situation.Long Story Short, for all intensive purposes I am about 100K in debt6k left on car...
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I always hear people conversing about leveraging thier entire portfolio which is a great way to go. But is there power in NO leverage ? I was just concern of what people thought of dumping staright cash into rental pr...
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As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against. The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...
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What was the "gutsiest" thing you did to finally take the plunge into REI? For me, I unexpectedly lost my job last year and decided to go all-in by investing over 100% of my savings into my first BRRRR. The purchase w...
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As a business owner already, I have seen many say, "You are so young, how did you start?" "Where did you get the funds to do it?" or "Where did you learn what you know about business?"I answer all the questions as hon...
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Hi there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums and want to buy my first Investment property, ideally a 2-4 multifamily property I would buy and hold with long term renters. I live in Los Angeles so I wont be buying ...