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I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...
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So my finished basement flooded during a record breaking downpour on Sunday. I just bought the house and renovated the basement for a house hack opportunity. Refinanced pulling 20k cash out of the deal. Life was good ...
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Hi, everybody. I'm looking to get into the real estate market in Omaha, and eventually expand out of state - and I may possibly move out of the country.My little life story (this may help with any advice or resource ...
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I just wanted to say Thank you to Bigger pockets! I went from Welfare to Multi Millionaire! We had 0 properties, now over 20 and getting ready to take down our biggest deal! It’s 12 units and we did all this with no p...
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Or any part of Los Angeles really. I'm a first time investor about to put yet another offer in on a duplex here in Los Angeles. Specifically Hawthorne. Property has one 2/1.5 @ 1200 sqft and 2/1 @ 800 sqft. I'm intere...
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Okay, this is going to be quite a long overdue success story, as I should have posted it months ago, but I was recently reminded of wanting to do it when I re-read @Mehran Kamari's post about his success story fro...
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My Blogs - (Real Estate Homerun Blog)My First 12 Months as a Real Estate Investor…Here’s my story… One year ago, today, on March 31, 2016 I purchased my first investment property… What a journey this first 12 months h...
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Illegal evictions, also known as "self help" evictions, can get Landlords and Property Managers in a lot of hot water. I personally know a Landlord that always keeps utilities in his name but passes the bills on to hi...
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In light of the recent BiggerPockets Podcast episodes, 321: How to Negotiate Real Estate—Expert Deal-Making Tactics with J and Carol Scott and Mark Ferguson and 321.5, I wanna ask the BP Community to share their "firs...
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Now I'm not a wealthy guy and I didn't come from wealth but my dad has a close friend who has made millions in real estate. Tomorrow I get to meet with this guy and pick his brain. He's retired and said he will give m...