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First post. We need some advice!
My wife and I have a condo in LA that has been paid off and used as rental property. We are renting in a nearby city with much better schools where our kids go to. The income from th...
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Good afternoon!First off, I want to say thank you for reading this and spending your precious time helping me out. I'll start by laying it all out there.As most of us here at bigger pockets the idea of working until 6...
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Hey guys! Dave Pierce here (active duty military member). My wife and I really want to start actively investing in real estate. I think getting started seems to always be the biggest hurdle for everyone! For us, ...
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Hi all,My name is Matt, I am 25, and looking to begin my journey to financial freedom. If there is something I see the most regarding building wealth for retirement, it is to start early. So that is exactly what I a...
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Hi BP Nation,I have always had this argument with folks around me who believe that rent to value ratio is a better metric than ROI for analyzing investment properties. The price-to-rent ratio is the ratio of resident...
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I know this may be a weird question to ask on a real estate forum (Im thinking the vast majority of responses will be pro real estate), but I wanted to get some different perspectives from the BP community. I current...
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It's that time again...The light is on and I'm taking questions. If you've read a real estate book, gone through some real estate forums, watched some videos and you KNOW you want to become a real estate investor but...
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