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Technology has advanced much throughout the years and cellphone technology is not a stranger to advancement. As a result, cellphones – or smartphones, as they are more commonly called today – have evolved into lit...
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Hello everyone,I currently work / live in New York City area. My goal is to purchase a duplex for rental investment in the next 12-18 months. Given the market I'm in, if I want to start rental investment I will have t...
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Thought I would share lessons learned so far for those who are just starting out and looking to invest out of state because their local market is too expensive. I am just back from a weekend trip looking at both ...
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This is my first real estate investment. I'm excited to get going, but want to make sure this isn't a bad idea before I close.Purchase Price - $220,000 and $5k back for closing4 occupied units - $635x4 = 2540Financing...
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I am currently getting the inspections completed on my first investment property (single family home). I was able to make a cash offer due to using my HELOC. I would like to BRRR but I will not be able to pull out all...
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I invest in townhouses and condos that are in HOAs. I also sit on the boards of directors for these HOAs. I talk about this a little bit when I was a guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast (link below, if you're interes...
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Hi Everyone! I’m about 3 weeks in to real estate investing and wanted to introduce myself!I am a Technology Executive at a large company in Dallas, Texas and while working from home due to COVID started researching si...
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Very excited to be a new member here at Bigger Pockets, though I suppose I'm not completely new since I've been browsing through the forums for months now without actually participating. So I'm glad to say that I'm fi...
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Hi BP. Just wanted to start this forum off with an obligatory Hello World post. I am a Seattle-based investor/broker and have been spending quite a bit of time in Pierce County. Wanted to say hi and connect with yo...
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What are folks thinking about Puerto Rico these days? Yeah, I know they're into it with hedge funds over government and utility company debt. Is this an opportunity? What is lending like there? Is this area tenant ...