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Hi all,Looking at doing my first hard money investment and would love to hear some real stories good and bad before I go down this path that aren't tik tok investor fairy tales.Thanks!Caroline
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Hey BiggerPockets community!
I’m a young entrepreneur in the real estate space, and I’ve recently started my own company. My focus is on raising capital for acquisitions and acting as a general partner in real estate...
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I am looking to purchase a property (sfh) with all cash. I could use a realtor but if I don't then the seller's realtor will receive entire commission which no big deal. Just as long as the agent doesn't try to bamboo...
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All,
I'm a young guy who hopes to get started investing in the next couple of years. My mindset (and my wife's) has always been to avoid debt like the plague. This of course creates a conflict when trying to use o...
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I’m a new investor and wanted to know if I should purchase title insurance for a REO im going to buy from auction.
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Hi all,Just curious if anyone has sold a successful flipping business, and if so for what type of valuation (EBIDTA multiple)?
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Hey Investors, If there was an opportunity to invest your money in let's say the S&P500, be able to take a loan from your own money while having that money you just took a loan from continue to grow with the S&...
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I know there are so many ways to get started in investing WITHOUT the capital. What has been most successful? What has been least successful? are you partnering/ adding value in a deal before physical investing? does ...
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Do people trade or barter their STRs for vacations? In other words, I'll let you stay at my STR for a week if you let me stay at yours. Maybe compare based on ADR or similar.Is that a thing? If so, where do people do ...
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I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...