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Always due your own due diligence. Also diversify....never put all your eggs in one basket again.
May 2004 to May 2009 DOW 30 stocks 20% LOSS
May 2004 to May 2009 Mexican Bolsa 130% GAIN
May 2004 to May 2009 U...
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Hey Everyone,It seems like BP is dominated by US investors, which is great, but I'm wondering where are all of my Canadian friends? The concepts of investing in real estate are the same, but mortgage and tax laws can ...
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So I found an off market deal on a duplex. It is being marketed basically as a turn key deal...they purchased a foreclosure, did the reno, placed tenants, and would do the property management. The numbers on it look...
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Hi, my name is Brian Gawronski and this is my first post to the BiggerPockets community. I am moving to Birmingham, Alabama in 4 weeks and looking to start my new life. For the past 8 months I have been reading real e...
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Greetings, fellow forum members! I'm delighted to join this community and share a bit about myself. My name is Ruchit Patel, and I currently reside in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm a Senior financial and reporting analyst.
I...
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@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design. I've ...
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My wife hates MH's but for $4,000 who cares...lol I put an ad on CL for $285/month and had 9 phone calls by 2pm. The MH is an older model and is in fair condition. The value is really in the land though. I coul...
Hey Bigger Pockets community! I'm new to the real estate world and have been absorbing as much as I can the past few months through books, podcasts, and these forums. I'm most interested in the buy/fix and hold strate...
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My wife and I are planning on buying a house in texas this year and we are currently active duty members in san diego, we plan to move once our contracts are up. Does anyone have any tips for buying sites unseen? Or ...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community, my name is Paul Singh. I come from an Art background, graduated from Columbia College Chicago with BFA in Graphic Design. Worked as a Designer for a few years and then realized that "a ...