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I'm 33 years old (born in 1983) and never went to junior high or high school. I have a 3rd grade education. At age 29 I found myself supporting a wife, an ex wife (child support) and 2 kids on food stamps and working ...
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When it comes to being a real estate investor, we often make our own goals and don't have people who watch over us to make sure we are reaching the benchmarks that lead to accomplishing our goals. I don't remember i...
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Malcolm has 3 properties currently. Two are in foreclosure and one is not but needs extensive repairs. Malcolm's objective is to get them out of foreclosure and make them income generating properties. This can be done...
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I’ve been reading the BP blogs and books, and listening to all the podcasts over the past few years but have rarely posted. I wanted to finally share my real story and get more involved here on BP …. sorry it’s a bit ...
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Hello all-
I am just trying to find out how many of you had a formal/informal mentor when you first started out? Or you were someone who read a lots and lots of books and spent time on forums like these to bridge the...
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I've been having a conversation with Josh about something I've been thinking about for a long time and wanted to get your folks' input on something I suggested to him....
Most new people need so...
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I'm already attending school for a major of real estate, I'd like to add a second major (which I know you all would not recommend getting a degree in real estate at all necessarily to do this line of work), but if you...
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Hi all, I'm Josh. I'm in my late 30's with a job in Aerospace and two young children (4 and 5). My job consumes a lot of my time and if I look up the ladder I can tell it's only going to get worse if I continue to adv...
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So I've done residential real estate deals and seen some success. I work in construction, have done a lot of my own work and am a Civil Engineer by trade. In my hunt for another rental deal I stumbled upon an old ware...
I'm 21 currently an E4 about to drop my warrant packet. I keep running the numbers for tsp but they don't seem like they will be worth it in the long run. I'm just curious of the best ways to invest while still doing ...