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Newbie from Prince George BC , Canada. Currently a working guy in the trades looking to stop trading time for money and start making real estate work for me as well. New to REI but looking forward to learning. Than...
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Hello BP,I am interested in getting into note investing. I wanted to know if you guys know where to start and what type of strategies you have experience with. Thank you guys.
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For those of you who are unfamiliar, a man was able to trade his up from a red paperclip to buy an entire house in just under a year...
You can read the story and see the various trades he made here: http://en.wikipe...
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Hi everybody,
I am 25 and looking to start a career in the trades. I have been a real estate agent, trim carpenter, server, bicycle mechanic, caregiver, even lyft driver. I am choosing a trade career because I enjoy ...
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Folks - This may be a bit off-topic but I was just curious. I have read a lot over the last several months since becoming a BP member. One of the books I would say was eye opening was Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyos...
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Old tapes from a Jimmy Napier seminar, marked 1981!. Don’t have a tape player so can’t play them, but later I found the “workbook” that goes with it. So I took some time to read the workbook as this is what got me s...
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Hello! I've got a couple of investment properties (condo, townhome) in Chicago with overall market value of $500K+ that I'd like to 1031 exchange into better performing small MFR properties. Planning on individual exc...
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Some background to my current situation which may lead to an understanding why I would ask this question.I am an electrician. I currently rent a 2 bdrm apartment very close to the downtown area in Toronto Ontario for...
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I am currently a freshman at University of Wisconsin - Stout. While my major is currently Mechanical Engineering I've quickly realized that isn't what I want to do. I've always been interested in real estate and found...
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Here's a book that I don't hear about very often on the podcast's Famous Four, or see much in the forums: Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin. The book leads the reader through a perspective on money to drive them ...