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BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...
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Most personal finance pundits will tell you that if a purchase does not produce income and depreciates, it's bad debt. They'll also tell you that you should avoid bad debt wherever possible, buying things like cars up...
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I live in a state with high real estate prices where the cash on cash return isn't any good, it's more of an appreciation game here. My goal is to make 100k a year "passively" (or at least achieve financial independen...
Canary In The Coal Mine: Unfunded Liabilities Have Turned Illinois Into A "Banana Republic"The state is buried debt, and hasn’t passed a budget in over 700 days. 100% of their monthly revenue is being consumed by cou...
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good afternoon, I'll get right to the point. I've been looking all over the threads and wholesale forum looking for some advice on alocateing my funds on marketing.
$2000.00 Marketing budget. I know there are tons of...
Hello,
I've spent some time reading these forums and more than once I've heard of middle or upper middle class real estate investors amassing large amounts of wealth, $5-10M net worth, over periods of 10 or...
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Economic Update
(Monday, September 14, 2020)
A majority of Los Angeles households face serious financial problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Latinos and Black residents bearing the brunt of the economic pain...
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I need some help evaluating a commercial deal I have in mind. This is the first commercial property I’m interested in. This property is a 17,300 sqrt class B commercial building located in Wake County, NC. The tax va...
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I was recently on a phone conversation with a fix and flip investor who was giving me advise on rehab costs. I explained that a particular house I was thinking of walking away from was not a good deal because it was t...