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Hi all, I am Jack, a super rookie investor based in the Bay area. My partner and I earned fairly ok on W2s, and we have just started buying real estate since 2021 - bought our primary home (3B TH) in Mountain View in ...
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My husband and I live in San Diego and we own a property as our primary residence. We target to buy our first investment property this year but not sure what market we should target that will generate good cash-flow w...
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I'm looking at the FCI Exchange, just to give myself a sample of ideas as I look into notes. I can't seem to get my head around it. Another BP member mentioned to me that so far him and a partner have only gone fo...
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I have a newbie question.What differences are there in analyzing a lease option property versus combining buy and hold analysis with a flip analysis?I want to have LO as an exit strategy along with Flip and Hold.I kno...
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Im the type of guy who likes to understand both sides of an argument. I recently have been talking to different brokers here in Maryland and I get what seems to be the same statement."We don't allow our agents to perf...
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Hello BiggerPockets,After about half a year of learning and searching for my first investment property, I've finally found a property which I plan to “house-hack”. We are in contract now and the inspection period ends...
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I'm one of the newbies here, but from what I've read in the forum and blog, my interest in Farmland and Timberland puts me squarely in the minority... As a conservative contrarian in most matters, I'm very comfortable...
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I'm the asset protection attorney out of Austin, Texas that protects real estate investors from lawsuits. What I want to know is the question you have about lawsuit protection, taxes, insurance, financing, etc. as it ...