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I'm new here and I wanted to hear some stories about how people got into real estate investing. How old were you when you got started in real estate investing? How did you get started?
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Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...
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Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.
I renew...
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Hello everyone!
This is my first post here as I am brand new to both BiggerPockets and property investments.
I have some money lying around in my bank account that's doing absolutely nothing (was made f...
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Hello my name is Justin Reyes and I’m 30 years old. I been working for a company for only 3 years and have about $30k vested in my 401k. I want to take it out and buy my first property to possibly hack or 1031 exchang...
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I have been considering rolling my employer-sponsored 401K into a checkbook/self directed IRA for the purpose of providing hard money loans because I am DISGUSTED by the low ROR I get now. What advice do veteran lend...
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I have this question because I have played in the NFL for 6 years now, and I have had many of my teammates ask me how they should invest some of their money once they find out that own multiple properties. Many of the...
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For those that have spent considerable time on the platforms or have been following the industry I was hoping you could comment some on what value you think the platforms provide with respect to screening projects. I...
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If you are choosing based on cash flow and on two different scenarios, which route would you prefer.Scenario 1- Which path would you choose if each space is operational and upside is in the management inefficiencies.S...
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Can anyone offer actual insight into this whole mess with Tom Krol and Vincent Polisi?
Ive spoken with Tom before and he seems like a decent guy. I just want to be sure that before I move forward I'm not doing anyth...