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First time investor from California. I plan on buying a SFR in Dallas Fort Worth area for about 220K. I wonder what area would be a good choice. I was looking at the TCU and Joint Force base area. However, for my budg...
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Inspired by the recent "leaving CA" post, I wanted to get a general idea of where people live and where they plan on moving (if anywhere), and why. Hopefully this will help BP members get a broad sense of in and out m...
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Hey BP,I live in San Diego, CA and would like to invest out of state. I like the idea of investing OOS because it means my investments will have to be passive and it gives me the whole country to choose from. The down...
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I am a first time home buyer positioning myself to buy a SFR, Condo or Duplex. My ideal strategy would be house-hacking/brrrr in the Los Angeles, California area but my current income alone doesn’t ...
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I am based in Las Vegas ,NV -- was thinking about acquiring some rental properties in mid-west, possibly TX, AR, TN as well....what your take on it?- if you had to pick one location/state - what would that be?,... th...
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Hi everyone!I am from Southern California but one of the markets I plan to invest in is Columbus, Ohio. I'm planning on going there the 2nd week of February and need to plan out some tours and meetings so I make the m...
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Hi everyone,This is my very first post. I would like to start off by saying how much I absolutely love this community just from everything I have witnessed over the last few weeks of scouring the forums. It's amazing ...
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Hey everyone,Just wanted to introduce myself as a new member of BP. I've been lurking around for a couple years, but now that I've graduated I thought I'd make an account and take real estate investing seriously. I've...
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Hi,
My family and I are looking at REI with a focus right now on FL, CA, or AZ, with other considerations in the mix. We are 10-15 years out from retirement, so our current thought is to get a STR or MTR that we can...
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My family and i have two properties free and clear here in CA under an LLC and I would like to use them as a collateral. One is apprised for 550 and the other for 330 with the city im pretty sure current market is h...