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Hello all. I'm not exactly "new" to BiggerPockets but I've recently committed to being more involved, so I'd like to introduce myself. My wife and I started a fix & flip/rental business earlier this year. Our goal...
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Good Morning, for anyone reading this now. My question on top of the one already posted Is, do you think Bird Dogging can help build relationships and provide the funding for closing my first deal?. I personally don'...
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I planned to use my 401(k) to invest in my first rental property with my husband. I no longer work and I thought it would not have any penalties since I was not employed. Turned out not to be the case because after go...
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Howdy. I've been living in Japan for 3 years and reading Kiyosaki's books all the while. I'm dead-sold on building a rental property portfolio when I come back to Texas in 2015 sometime to the DFW area.Can anyone reco...
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I plan to use some of my IRA funds as a down payment to buy and hold income properties. What type of lenders are out there? Will this be a commercial loan? I hope not :(TIA
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Dear BP Family,
My name is Brooks Dodd, a 22-year-old residing in Middle Georgia.
Around three years ago, I stumbled upon BiggerPockets and since then, I have been intermittently learning as much as I can about rea...
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What Happened to Rates Last Week?Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost - 78 basis points from last Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed rates to move higher from the prior week.
MBS were under pressure a...
Hello, I’m looking for information on managing my first rental. Are there applications used for organization and management of rental. Good books for optimizing tax deductions, depreciation etc.
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Hello Biggerpockets,I am writing to you today as a special education teacher that has been working with kids, and adults with severe disabilities for the past 8 years. I love the impact I make for my students, but I h...
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Hello everyone. My name is Emmanuel Lopez im a current business owner (Medical Transportation) in New Jersey but like all of us here whether an Employer or Employee we still want that freedom. I have always had a thin...