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Hello BP Community,
Long story short, I am 30 years old, and live in Enumclaw,
Washington. I spent ~ 6 years years in the Marines, another 6 with Amazon. I've stocked piled my money over the
past three years and...
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Hey BP,How much do you budget when getting an estimate from a contractor? Once again, I’m in a situation where I’m spending more money on my contractor who is over his estimate. (Shocking, not.) I’m sick of being hose...
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Investors, if you could restart your real estate career, which state or area would you focus your resources on?
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This has been discussed in fragments other places here, but I thought as the buying season gets going (and I see a slew of <$200K condos hit the market) it would be wise to have a contained chat on what peoples opi...
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My sister and I are new to REI, but we're stoked as hell to jump in, and we happen to be lucky enough to have access to ~$275K in cash. We're trying to think through what is the best approach for investing this cash i...
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Hello BP community!I've got some free time today which is very unusual for me, so I thought I would post about my REI journey so far and maybe make some more connections and give someone a little motivation. I'm going...
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I live in California and own single-family houses in Johns Creek and Alpharetta, Georgia. I'm considering turning them into short-term rentals, but I'm unsure how to manage the cleaning team from a long distance. Has ...
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It seems like many podcast hosts (including Josh and Brandon on the BP podcast) promote investing for cash flow instead of investing for appreciation. I understand the economics and the strategies for positive cash f...
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Hello All, need some advice. Last year I bought an STR using conventional loan. At that time real estate was at an all time high. I took out a HELOC from my primary residence for down payment thinking that there would...
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Hi guys, I am an out of state investor and have been digging into Cleveland's market. Just wanted to get some insight from others who may have invested in the area and figure out what I am missing. Seems like you can ...