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Hey all. This is my first post on BiggerPockets and I look forward to interacting with everyone! I am two years out of college and it is clear to me that there has got to be a better way to financial freedom then my c...
I've been searching for a rental home for a while now. Finally found one that fit all the criteria via Westside Rentals (I'm in SoCal). There were 2 numbers listed as contacts, for "Rob" or "Katy." Rob did not answer;...
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I've read a lot of the forum posts, blogs, and am on podcast 131 (working my way through them), and paying off properties early vs. paying them off over the life of the loan seems to be a fairly divisive topic. Befor...
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Hey everyone I just wanted to have a brief discussion about which is the best way to start out in real estate my goal for the long run is to have several properties and be able to cashflow from them . I would really l...
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I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...
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So I'm sitting on about 1.4 mil in equity right now. Projected to be nearly 3 mil in five more years. But let's say I have some hardships along the way so I conservatively figure I'll have 2 mil. I could retire with m...