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Hello to the BiggerPockets community. I'm Karl Szymanski from Pittsburgh PA and I am new to real estate investing. I have owned my own homes in CA and in PA. I am looking to get started with real estate investing righ...
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I am a new member and total newbie at all of this. I am currently living North East of Philadelphia right across the bridge from Trenton Nj. I am very interested in finding a Mentor/ Friend to allow both of us to...
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Hi All! We currently own ~$20mn in residential properties and we'd like to get in to lending in the fix/flip market via a joint venture structure (we provide most of the money, partner does the work and we split the ...
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I want to run background & credit checks on potential tenants, and I'm trying to choose between Transunion's SmartMove vs. Cozy's Tenant Screening.I expect many here are partial to SM as they appear to have been a...
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It was only a matter of time. What do you think this means? Zillow + Amazon merger would create some ripples!! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/christopherwalton/2019/07/25/amazons-new-partnership-wit...
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Does anyone have any work sheets for analyzing commercial properties?
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I'm looking to move my husband's IRA to a self-directed IRA and use the money to purchase and rehab houses. I've researched a couple. (Don't know if I can name names here) I'm leary of the fees and level of support yo...
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I had a UPS store box for a long time and didn't get much use out of it, but I'm thinking I'll need a business address again. Are there any cheaper alternatives to getting a pseudo address for busniess besides UPS or ...
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I am in the process of obtaining my first property and after review, I believe that I should form an LLC. I have read reviews of some familiar corporation service companies (Leagal Zoom, The Corporation Co., etc.)...
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I'm interested in setting up a holding company out of WY, with two LLCs under it in different states and build my paydex. I also want to set up an estate plan. Any recommendations on who/where I can reach out to for t...