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Hi everyone, I've been studying real estate investing for over a year now. I plan to start investing in my local market within the next 6 months. I would like to start building relationships with other local investors...
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Hello,I am a new member here on bigger pockets. I am looking to learn, connect, and work with people in the central NC region (I'm in Mebane, but drive as far as Raleigh and Greensboro). I am tackling the initial step...
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Hi BP,I am looking to invest in the Raleigh Research Triangle area in North Carolina. I've visited last week and got to see the area and met with some investors and feel like it is a good area for me to get started. I...
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I was reading one of the trending posts this morning where a user was discussing unfortunate circumstances where they were taken advantage of by somebody she lent money to. Unfortunately, it looks like that forum is t...
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Assume that (in a given year) I'm a Real Estate Professional, and I've passed both the 750 hour test for my real estate activity and the 500 hour material participation test for a rental property I own and manage. Ass...
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Hi Everyone,
First post here. I just turned 30 and have been passively interested in real estate for about a year now. I have yet to do a deal and would say I only became seriously interested a couple months ago. ...
Just a short while back, Marisa Mae was caught in the paycheck-to-paycheck trap, her credit cards stretched to their limits with no emergency savings to speak of, all while wrestling with constant financial stress. To...
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Hi everyone,I am about to purchase a property in SE Raleigh. I intend to rehab it and hold it as a rental but I am also considering selling it. I have never done a flat fee listing before but I was thinking about payi...
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Hi all,We have some college student tenants whom we inherited from the previous owner. Most of them are fine, but one of them is very needy. The legacy lease provides internet, which we have provided and which works i...