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Hello there BP nation, family and friends. My name is Alex and I'm a newbie investor. *altogether now* "hi Alex." Ahaha but yea seriously I am a stupid beginner. But I'm ok with that because my end goal is to be a sma...
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Ok, now that I have a number of trustees to research, I'd like to here from or talk with someone who has an SD-IRA. The prevailing wisdom has often been, "don't touch your retirement money to invest in real estate."As...
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Hi everyone!! Thank you for reading!A little about me: I've saved money for years to buy my first prop and will short term rent/Airbnb. My budget is around $500-700K. I'm preapproved up to $1M but that's a level of ri...
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It's incredible how many videos, tutorials, webinars, and the like are primarily about "buying your first property" or " how to get out of analysis paralysis", but don't really go into much else.
Now that I bought m...
I was recently having a conversation with a friend and we were talking about rental properties. Friend is an accountant with some rentals of his own, and his brother has various rentals throughout the country. He as...
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I know there are threads about utilities etc already but I am in an interesting situation and looking for some feedback.I moved out of state and the tenants in my house intend to buy it after leasing for one year.I am...
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