If you were to restart your life at 17 already knowing you want to get into real estate investing, would you go to college with a full-ride or would you get started investing without wasting any time, and why?
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My mother bought a 2 family house for 514K back in 2006. The mortgage was very complex and handled by the now defunct WMC(of GE), infamous for using scissors and xerox machines to fake documents, and anything else im...
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BiggerPockets would like to know how you approach taxes. I've created a (less than) 5-minute survey and it's completely anonymous. You can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJY6RD8 Thank you to ever...
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Hello Everyone! I am a senior in High School about to graduate and am very tempted to drop the idea of going to College and dedicate the next four years of my life to working full time and saving all of my money to pu...
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Hi All, looking for some feedback on my potential first office building purchase. The Property: 1) is 100% occupied with about 15 tenants (of all sorts) 2) has a cap rate at about 8.0% at last ask. 3) is 3 stories is ...
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13 Things to Consider When Looking For a Rental Home in GermanyMoving to Germany can be an exciting, challenging, and interesting experience for expat families living here for the first time. While there may be many s...
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I am a Real Estate Investor.
Of all of the occupations I have tried, researched, pondered, and read about over the years, there is none which compares to mine. My work is fun. I take ugly houses and make them beauti...
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Hi there!I’m a 20 y/o college student from Oklahoma, and within this past year I’ve consumed real estate knowledge like my life depended on it. I absolutely love all the BP podcasts, spend hours reading blogs and arti...
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Eviction? Pffft why pay a few hundred bucks when I can DIY and have them out in under a year?!
Leases? Not a chance. They're free online! What could go wrong?
Flipping contracts? Why? So they can tell me it's not le...