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The really invaluable part of this experience has been education. I and my wife who was a designer of the project have learned a lot. We certainly made mistakes along the way, however understanding what went wrong pro...
Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...
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Living in NH and doing some of the renovations myself, I am feeling the itch to buy a used truck! But with only one duplex under my belt, it definitely makes more sense to save the money and invest in additional prope...
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Background:
I just turned 40. My net worth is 3.2 million. 1 million liquid cash, the other 2 million is equity in my houses including primary residence and rental properties for a total of 8 properties. Cash flow i...
So I have developed this theory. I have had the discussion with only a handful of folks but was interested to see what the BP Nation thought. I have tough skin, so if you think I am crazy, just let me know, no big d...
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I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...
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in your opinion and it's gotten worse these days...
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My property in MD is turning over to a new tenant. My PM sent me a quote that gave me a small heart attack. Upon further inspection, I quickly recognized that the times they were allocating for various tasks were gros...
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I'm one by one tackling my fears by reaching out to BP community! Next fear: I'm late 40s and have no RE. Am I too old to get started? in 30 years when my mortgages will finally be paid off, I might be dead. What wou...