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Hey there, BiggerPocketeers!As we begin 2017, what do you see as your biggest challenges your business faces? If you're a new investor, what challenges are you experiencing in getting your first (or next) deal?
Hi, total newbie here so apologies if this is answered elsewhere. Briefly, 35F, married to 33M, both ER physicians. Currently, living in Houston but planning to move back to California in 2-3 years. We are well compen...
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Hi all,I'm planning to buy my first long term rental, a single family resident in the next 3-6 months. I'm in the Bay Area houses here are very expensive for me to start with. I have relatives in Houston, TX and did t...
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Anybody here have any success stories retrieving money owed from previous tenants? One of my ex tenants left the house a mess, owes me a couple months of rent and a fee for breaking the lease early. We set up a repa...
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I am doing my taxes myself via turbo tax and I must say I am underwhelmed with the tax breaks I am getting for owning a rental. My wife and I have strong W2 earnings at about 250k combined and it doesn’t appear that a...
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Hi! My spouse and I are trying to figure out our next steps and would appreciate any advice. We are new to real estate investing and trying to figure out if it would be better to buy a home in our area or focus on bui...
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I'm a hands-on blue collar type landlord thinking about changing my business model to scale up my number of rentals. I would appreciate thoughtful input about how you decide on rental scaling and business modeling.Abo...
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I looked up a lot of properties through Zillow, and used the bigger pockets calculator to analyze it. The results surprised me, so basically properties which are expensive than 300k are not making cash flow. And the o...