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Hi, I posted quite a bit a year back or so about my interesting situation. I lived in Japan for 20 years and was going to start building my USA based portfolio from Japan. I now actually live in Colorado full time and...
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There are many full time investors on here who "retired" from their W2 or 1099 job. I know it can be debated that investors work harder after "retiring", but let's save that discussion for another day. Share what age ...
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The two investors I knew growing up kept at it their entire lives. Here is an article about a local Portland guy that is a legend in RE. Do you plan on investing forever?
Joe Weston unplugged
Published: Monday, Novem...
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Hello, My goal here is to educate others on the forums of things that may or may not be covered in the thousands of posts on this wonderful website, that happened on my first deal, which happened to be a 6 property o...
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Yep, this is what I did today. Had a water leak coming in on top of the window, where a shingle was broke. So rather than spend 2 hours repairing it in the rain, I just...
This going to be a lengthy post, so bear with me and appreciate the time for reading this.Background: My mother-in-law is having a difficult time with her landlord. She lives in a house in a lot of three homes in Los ...
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So the Mrs wants to do Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. It’s what our friends do who have done well with savings and whatnot. I explained to her Dave’s take on debt related REI however I told her I would stil...
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Hi everyone, as the title says I'm a newbie to Bigger Pockets but I'm loving what I'm seeing so far! I'm a native of Phoenix, AZ and have been investing for about 3 years now. I'm married to the best woman in the w...
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Many inspiration gurus and success authors like to talk about "lifestyle design" these days. You've probably also heard that real estate investing, with its eight essential vitamins and minerals, can be an important p...
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Hello all,
I am a wannabe buy and hold investor in Sacramento, CA. I am a "Wannabe" because I have made over 25 offers now and I have only been able to pick up one rental property! Cash Hedge Funds suck:)
My fist pr...