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Greetings Bigger Pockets!My name is Gerald Barron and I am a quasi-accidental rental property owner who has seen the power of rental properties and wants more. To begin I'll tell you a little bit about myself and this...
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Howdy,My wife and I moved to Houston two years ago from the Dallas area. In that time we have seen one World Series championship, a Hurricane, a snow storm, and had our first child so we are on a good run so far. With...
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Is there any Veteran investors? Is there a way to use our military benefits to invest. VA Home Loan?
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There is a property in my neighborhood that is in pre foreclosure (1 1/2) years. The current owners are underwater (to the tune of a 325,000 re-fi 4yrs ago) and there are liens on the property from tax liens and entit...
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http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2010/08/12/how-to-understand-american-decline.html
Current Newsweek article lists The United States as # 11 in countries worldwide. Really cool website with different categori...
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So here’s the story, I am currently a Firefighter/ Paramedic in Las Vegas Nv. I have been in EMS for 12 years, and am completely burnt out with the first responder career in general, ( mandatory 96 hour shifts, massiv...
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I recently found a deal in the midwest (area where C class apartments trade between 7.5% and 11% cap rate).16 units doing about 28k in NOI. (Not very good)I own a 8 unit in the area that does about 30k NOI so this pla...
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On a lot of new investor posts, I read that they want to replace their full time income with passive income from real estate investing. Which all in all is not a bad thing but I think their time frames to do this is n...
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what's better whole life insurance , IRA, 401k? for contributing to long term ?
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Hey Guys,
So i was reading a really interesting article on FORBES the other day, and it was about how many of these real estate TYCOONS did over there careers.
The interview/articles featured people such Sam Zell, ...