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Hi Everyone,I am new-ish to bigger pockets but this is my first post. have been doing some high level market research and Columbus Ohio stood out. I was drawn in by it’s population growth with potential to keep growi...
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So, I finally closed on my first property end of Oct, 2014. Sarasota, FLSFH 1500-1600sf living area plus oversized 1 car garage attached. $146k, 20%down. At closing I think the total we were out of pocket was like $35...
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Hi everyone!I'm considering buying my first rental property in Lubbock, Texas as a mid or long term rental. I did some research and saw that there is a lot of economic growth and the housing market seems reasonable f...
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I feel like the Lehigh Valley is a hot market and a great place to invest but i never see anyone on BP talking about it. Anyone know where the wholesalers are in Bethlehem/Allentown. I feel like this is the place I wa...
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My STRs are in a small destination mountain town and finding good cleaners is the #1 struggle. Many owners are also absentee and rely on PM companies to book their properties and cleaners. Does anyone have a good pod...
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Hi, my name is Hakeem Valles and I just completed my rookie year for the Arizona Cardinals. I moved to the Tempe area in May after the draft and now that the season is over I am ready to dive into real estate. I have ...
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I am not sure if something like this has been started yet, but if it has I would like to join it!However, if it hasn't I would like to create something where past and current military members can meet up through skype...
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My partner Zerik and I just finished our 4th rehab project since May of 2017. We really took a risk jumping this high in price point as our first 3 projects sold for $600k, $802k and $799k. We skipped over the $1M mar...
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So I am looking for a house to brrrr and I decided to be responsible for once instead of just jumping into something and made sure that I would be able to refinance out of a deal before I jumped into some hard money I...