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Hey everyone,I have a lot of free time on my hands and I want to spend it on educating myself about real estate investing. I plan to attend the local REIA meetings near me to meet people that I can hopefully spend so...
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Hello I'll keep it fairly simple I'm new to the whole REI field, but it has always been a passion of mine, So since I recently got out of the military and relocated to Chicago, I'm ready to go for the goal, I have ...
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I am Bharat Medasani and I work as a researcher in physics. I am new to real estate investing and I am mainly interested in rental investments. I wish to learn more about rental investments and network with like min...
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Hi All, I am Prathap Dadi from Cary, NC. I am looking for passive returns from real estate invesments. Regarding my background I moved to Traingle area last year . Earlier I lived inSan jose ,Ca. I was an accidental l...
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Hey guys, my name is Cory Gardner and I am new to the real estate investing and I am glad that I have found this bigger pockets community. I am a wholesale investor and I have already learned so many things from the p...
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Hello!
I am new to the BP form. I have been connected with BP for the last couple years by just dipping my toes in the water occasionally, but this year I am looking to jump in! The last couple of months I have begun...
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Buying a a property is like buying a business. Nobody wants to pay too much for a business that generates only so much profits. Similarly, we need to think rationally about a property from an income approach, just lik...
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Hello, I am new here but have been super into learning as much as I can. The podcasts are so great and I am about to start reading the guide. I live in Burlington, Vermont where I make and sell handmade women's clothi...
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When I first started rei I turned to craigslist as a definite form of finding cash buyer leads but after 6 months, it seems to get me nothing but dead leads.
I get tons of sign ups to my buyers lists but they dont r...
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New members constantly ask me how to get started here on the site, so we put together a post that hopefully, spells it out:
How to Get Started on BiggerPockets.com