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hi everybody,
my name is elisha mcginley, and i'm a new member. i really don't know where to begin, so i suppose i'll tell you about who i am and what my goals are.
i grew up very poor. i was homeless for the first t...
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16 years ago today, I dodged a big bullet. Working as a sales manager covering most of the US and Canada, I would normally have boarded a Monday morning flight from Logan Airport in Boston to fly to work with wit...
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Nobody knows how long mortgage interest rates will stay high, but one can start preparing by thinking what is likely to happen if/when they become lower, say in a year or two. Most people seem to take it for granted ...
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I am purchasing my first property from another individual investor. One of the reasons for purchasing this property is it has an existing long-term tenant whom both the seller and real estate agent say pays the ren...
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Hi BP community!My wife and I purchased a duplex in Atlanta, GA. It's my first property. I'm learning a lot about everything. One side of our duplex has tenants, we moved into the other side. Our tenants signed a leas...
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February saw Austin's attraction strength for new residents hold steady against San Francisco, New York, and Dallas. Nashville still has a slightly stronger trend for attracting new residents than Austin does. Chicag...
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As the doom and gloom grows, people who already own income properties suddenly start to panic and fear the worst. Hopefully if you got into real estate investing, it wasn’t on a dare or because you were following a ...
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Hi BP, I am looking to go in 50/50 with a partner in a multifamily house hack. He will live in one of the two apartments in the Multi-Family. Assuming down payment is 50/50, how do you then structure who pays what? al...
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I am looking at purchasing an SFR but do not have the funds myself to afford it. I am looking to partner with a family member who is willing to provide the capital for the initial purchase. I know it is a good deal bu...
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I love sharing success stories of Denver House Hacker’s crushing it! This post is to highlight Vasily Rossokhin first house hack purchased in September of 2020.
Investment Goals: Vasily had his mind set on building l...