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Hello everyone, I am curious to know which method everyone thinks would be better to start out with. I am aware that wholesaling requires less to start up and flipping is a lot more dense and to my knowledge hard t...
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When starting a real estate development company, should you hire the head architect and civil engineer, etc or should you hire them per project as contractors? What are the start-up costs for a big developer, building...
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Hello everyone,I am new to REI and trying to put together my team. At my current stage, I am looking for good real estate agents in my area and I ran into this site called UpNest, a 4 yr startup company in San Franci...
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I was offered my first deal owner fiance. I'm broke so he gave me a BUILD TO SUIT, for my start up on a 1 1/4 acer lot on Camano Island Wa . Resort type island lots of vacation and retirement property's. I just dove i...
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Hey has anyone thought about or is actively doing something with Geodomes? If so why, how, and where would/do you do it? curious to hear about it.
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Has anyone every brought a Shelf Corporations? How do you look up its history to know if its a good one to get? Is it better to buy a Shelf Corporation or start up a new LLC?
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Hello BiggerPockets, I am looking to do the above in the Bay Area with some start-up capital, am currently being mentored by Peter Harris. I used to trade ETFs for Goldman Sachs. Happy to hear from you especially if y...
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I've heard conflicting information concerning tax law where it concerns the 800/yr fee in Ca. My broker has told me that the fee is waived the first taxable year, however I was curious as its just about time to get i...
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We have set aside our startup money, created an LLC, found a real estate agent, and are in the process of finishing out our team. What unexpected costs are we looking at before we even do our first deal? Should I be p...