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In an effort to share my story and offer some encouragement, I wanted to share my story from the beginning with a look back at where and how I first became interested in real estate. I will give a brief description o...
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Good Evening Friends!I am selling my truck and will have just over $22,000 cash to invest freely. I have no debt and excellent credit. I am stationed in Washington D.C. and will be transitioning out of the military in...
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I dont like renting to people that just recieve social service checks as income for 2 reasons.
1. If you dont work for it you dont take care of it.
2. You cant not garnish social service income.
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As a new rental owner, I'd like some feedback from tenants. In the last 3 weeks, I've had 25 people make appointments to see my rental house.
I've confirmed with several the day before. I also ask when making the ap...
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I've received some PMs and e-mails asking about setting goals and what do I do in retirement. I've ressurrected an old blog from nearly a year ago that was done in 2 parts. We have SO many new members, I decided to p...
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Hi everybody, my name is Vic Alaban and I’m new to BP. I'm not really comfortable sharing my life in public especially that I'm an introvert but it's Brie Schmidt that advises me to do so. I believe that she's got de...
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden plans is announcing a $775 Billion dollar plan to boost Child and Elderly care. It’s a decade long plan that will be paid for by reducing or eliminating 1031 tax breaks for real estate...
I'll start off saying I know I made a lot of mistakes with this renter/ roommate. I'm a little shy so my spouse does most of the talking and screening. Big mistake this time around. The room they are renting is my gar...