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Hey folks, I have had a long and more than full time career in manufacturing. My wife and I have some seed money that we'd like to invest into real estate in the area we'd like to retire soon - Asheville, Hendersonvil...
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I closed on my first purchase yesterday. 2 unit duplex in Memphis, TN. When I was calling the tenants to let them know of the change, one of them told me she would be submitting her 30 day notice with the Apr. 1 re...
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http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/millennial-parents-poverty-internet-scapegoat/?fb=dd+eg
This article has been popping up on my news feed on various social media sites because my peers identify with it and share the l...
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Low interest rates, favourable exchange turn U.S. into hotspot
EVEN FOR INVESTORS IN CENTRAL CANADA, WHERE THE METROPOLISES OFFER DIMINISHING RETURN ON INVESTMENTS, THE UNITED STATES OFFERS DENSELY-POPULATED MARKETS ...
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Good morning everyone, My name is Rafael Macias, and I am new member to Bigger Pockets. I have interest in doing fix and flips in my area, but I would also like to phase into doing fix and flips in different states. I...
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Before my life of BP, I found a great deal through the MLS on a house in an older A/B+ neighborhood. It was vacant, so we wander the property for a long while checking it out. I then went home and checked country reco...
Which websites, newspapers, or recently published books are best when trying to do research for real estate investing? Currently, I do not think my reading of the Wall Street Journal is cutting it. I am trying to make...
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WOW, it is crazy how divided articles, economist, housing experts and the media are so split on this TOPIC? I am seeing people that I know or follow that study data say "it is a buyers market". I am also seeing arti...
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We may be witnessing the largest financial collapse in centuries. Take a step back and look at what is happening:
ï‚· Subprime meltdown
ï‚· Housing bubble
ï‚· Foreclosure crisis
ï‚· Bear Stearns collapse
ï‚· Country...
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I have some convincing to do - family estate is up for being rented or being sold. I believe this is the wrong if not worst time to sell this and would advocate using the house as a buy and hold property or vacation r...