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Hi everyone,My wife and I have been wanting to buy a place in NC for STR / personal use a couple times a year to visit my family. We saw an off-market listing on Facebook in a local market type of group. 2 red flags r...
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Hi! New investor here! We just closed on our first investment property and we jumped right in with a quad plex. As a newbie, and one month into owning , we (husband and I) feel like we def jumped in with our eyes wide...
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New guy here hailing from a small town 40 minutes west of Houston,TX. I enjoy my work and I also lead the music for my local church. I'm currently the GM for a welding automation company in the Oil & Gas market th...
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Hello all!New BP member here looking to connect with other South Florida real estate investors and professionals. I currently own two rental properties and looking for at least one more before the end of the year. My ...
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so I just recently filed for my LLC and Ein. After I received my employee identification number, I was told that if I want to, I have the option of filing form 8832 "Entity Classification Election" and elect to be cla...
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I found a new accountant to help with this year's taxes and unfortunately he doesn't appear to know a whole lot about rental property taxes. I picked up our completed taxes yesterday and fortunately I know enough abo...
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Hello BP Community! Having been a professional stock investor for more than 20 years, I've finally been bitten by the real estate bug. I only wish I had started this process a decade ago! Since my deepest knowledge is...
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So, I will be closing on my 1st property on 5/2. It will be an owner occupied building in East Garfield park. 3 unit building with 2 3bd 2ba, and one 6bd 4ba duplex down. The units are 1500 sqft. The building already...
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I moved to Washington recently and would like to get in to real estate investing. I'm currently practicing as a criminal defense attorney but would like to move into real estate in my legal work as well.
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Hello,I am interested in becoming a real estate agent in the state of Maryland (Baltimore area). I am considering online and classroom options for the Principles and Practice of Real Estate course. Can you please shar...