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Have been doing research to narrow down certain areas / cities to invest with buy-and-hold rental properties -- Florida continues to pop up in articles and when looking at metrics such as Pop Growth / Employment growt...
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Hello All,I am a new investor and looking in Upstate NY for my first rental. I am currently working with a broker and she said the below statement that really changed the way I view properties under my search criteria...
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(Disclaimer: I totally took the formatting of this post from another post by Anton Ivanov that I liked a year back!)
A Little Backstory
I am currently 30, married, no kids, living in Gilbert, AZ and working as a fin...
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Greetings Everyone!
My name is KB and I am currently serving in the military. I have 2 rentals (one I previously lived in and converted into a rental, and the other purchased as a rental) Question: Does it make sens...
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I’m hoping someone can give me some sound advice. I have $24m in credit card debt, my husband has $0. I am trying to figure out the best option for eliminating the CC debt, plus having a little left over to help our s...
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Hi everyone,
I am new to bigger pockets and recently learned about the brrrr method. I understand everything about it except the refinance part. I actually just don't think I know exactly how refinancing works...
So ...
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I've been an agent for about a year and a half. An investor contacted me through a business card I left at one of his house flips. I'm a little skeptical as I mentioned that I'm a fairly new agent and have no investin...
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I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:
1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...
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I think I have a simple enough situation that I won't require advice from a asset protection lawyer, I'm hoping some of you are in a similar situation and can pass on what you have done.My wife and I live in Californi...
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let everyone know about the newest podcast episode that just came out this morning. It's different from anything we've done yet for a few reasons:
For the first time, we b...