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So I’m 20 in college and going into my final two semesters of college and I’m reading my first real estate book and I wanted to do the housing hacking route in West Virginia (that’s where I go to school and what’s the...
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I am still a bit confused about the whole topic of tax benefits from having rental property. Can anyone take a look at this example, and let me know if I am doing this correctly?
An investor has a full-time job makin...
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Before I proceed with my blog I want to make 2 statements:1) I am politically neutral. I am not red or blue. 2) I truly feel bad for people going through hardships right now.With that said, prior to COVID, real estat...
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I personally believe that any strategy for REI must match the particular market and the resources a person has available. There have been some recent discussions about the buy and hold strategy and of course there is...
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I have an opportunity to buy a piece of commercial real estate in the downtown area of a small town. Now I may be able to get a loan on the property, or other ways to buy the property, however, both of them will requ...
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Hey everyone, first post on BP but been lurking for a bit. I know many people on here have started their REI journey with single family and other small investments. Some "gurus" out there say to skip the small stuff a...
With stock investing I can spend a few minutes a month looking at stock prices and entering a buy or sell order in my brokerage account and earn 8% annually on average. To earn the same return with real estate, I woul...