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BPers,I searched the forums for a list of do's and don'ts for hard money lending without much luck so I'm going to see if I can get all the answers in one place. I am at a point in my REI where all my personal and pri...
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Hi BiggerPockets!
My name is Leila, and I'm a 19 year old college student looking to
investing in a buy and hold property out of state. I would eventually
like to become financially free by 30 years old, living o...
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I am a junior at the University of Tennessee studying engineering. I began listening to the BP podcast last summer and just finished reading "The Book on Rental Property Investing". Needless to say, I am extremely hyp...
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Hi All,
I'm officially getting started in purchasing my first investment property in Texas. As I don't have a mentor, I wanted to cross-check here on things that I need to be aware of as I'm going through the proces...
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Why should we still invest in real estate? Are there no better options, like a REIT's, Stocks, Bitcoin, or other things? Finding good cash flowing deals are damn near impossible. Prices are through the roof, Insurance...
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First, I'm a newbie and lately I've been stalled due to the ongoing conversation/discussion on whether or not wholesaling is legal. There have been a plethora of opinions and heated discussions surrounding this topic...
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Short IntroductionI currently work full-time in a stable, but dead-end job. I am a IT Technician for an automotive company. Being a non-IT business, the pay is low, but I make due by fixing computers on the side and...
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Question for the GC's out there... in markets such as Charlotte, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando etc (Southeast), what would most GC's quote as a ballpark estimate for total labor cost (if owner is supplying all build...