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My name is William Alston.
People mostly call me Mr. Bill.
Why is too long for this post.
I'm in Sacramento, CA just watching the melt down... er ummm recession... I mean depression.... or riots maybe..
I am just...
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My name is Ryan Gnizak, first time posting on the forums here. I live in Louisville, KY with my wife and 10 month old daughter. Currently I sling product for Pepsi and I am hoping to get my foot i...
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I was hoping someone with lien expertise can help me understand how they work.Background: a neighbors house has been abandoned for quite sometime now (2009?), property is in pre-foreclosure but bank/company "servicing...
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I love automating my rental business. Here is a short list of what I have automated so far:1) Showing pre-screening: After getting some ideas from other Bigger Pockets users, I automated gathering information from pot...
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I'm interested your recommendations for a wifi door lock. Is there a certain one you really like for STRs, and what do you like about it? Thank you!!
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My wife and i are young dentists. In general we are very conservative. We make a nice combined income and after paying off our school loans and saving for retirement we have amassed a little over 100k in savings. ...
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I am looking to get into doing fix & flips. I currently have 3 rental properties and now want to move on into fix and flip. I have 3 associates / relatives that would be doing my renovations, as I would be finding...
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One stated benefit of investing in real estate is price appreciation. However, if you look at inflation adjusted real estate prices for the most part there isn't much appreciation. There are specific points in time ...
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