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Hello,I am new to this forum and real estate investing. I have been doing some reading and feel that real estate could potentially help me reach my goal of financial freedom so that I have more time to spend with my f...
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How well do stocks and real estate complement each other?Stocks are amazing tax wise and have performed neck to neck with real estate (excluding taxes) in many countries due to the nature of business but they tend to ...
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Sorry in advance for a long post; I want to write a detailed post on how I got started in RE investing a few years ago, the lessons I learned along the way, and why I'm thinking about stopping now. I want to be as spe...
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I invest in a county that has a limited number of permitted vacation rentals - these properties trade at a premium and only make sense to purchase if you are going to run it full-time as a vacation rental so you aren'...
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For Property Investors, the Price of Homes Is Still Not Right by Will Parker in the Wall Street Journal stated, "...Realtor.com said 2023 was on track for the largest annual drop in investor buying activity in at leas...
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When it comes to investing, there are many different options and it can become hard to decide on the best course of action. Stock investing and real estate investing are two very prominent choices for long-term and ev...
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I have a rental house with 150K left on the mortgage, I have 200k in an after tax brokerage account invested in cash, stocks and bonds. Should I sell the investments (pretend we're in a non-recession normal stock mark...
Do any of you invest in the stock market (i.e. S&P 500) *and* real estate properties at the same time?If so, why and how do you prioritize both? (Do you invest a percentage of your cash flow into each?)Clearly the...
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Yes! The Dow Jones Industrial Average just topped 25K! It will be an incredible year to add RE to the investment portfolio!Love to hear your thoughts about RE for this coming year.Best of profits to all BiggerPocketee...
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Hi,Assume there is no cost for mortgage requesting for my lender. Assume my marginal income tax bracket is very high, and mortgage rate is 5.25%. If I have lump-sum free cash, should I just apply it to my mortgage to ...