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What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...
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I have decided so far not to create a LLC for each property, instead using a good insurance. Also because getting loans is complicated in LLC and there are fees for each LLC (just $800 per year franchise tax in Califo...
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Here is all my contact with Citibank:<> They are just bullshitting people.
From: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fw: Contact Information....
I need ...
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Economic Update
(Monday, July 6, 2020)
The big economic news this week is the second straight employment report which surpassed expectations. Nearly all of the data indicates that the recovery from the partial shut...
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Just got a call last night for what may be a great (amazing!) opportunity. A family member is looking to retire and offered that I could take over his entire business. We didn't get into the depth of details I'd like ...
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Hello BP Community ! I live in Phoenix AZ and in my quest to choose the best self managed retirement account (for me), that I can fill with a few hand picked investments from the NYSE to grow my wealth for retiremen...
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Hey BP,Fortunately we have not had any vacancies in several months, but the other day one of our tenants who is getting relocated by the Army said that they would be moving. So we went to list the unit to our website ...
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Assuming the employer matches 100% of the amount contributed. Knowing that a traditional tax-deferred 401k allows me to borrow up to half of investment dollars (that inclusive of company match funds), or up to $50k, a...
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Economic Update(Monday, January 11, 2021)
We all have our New Year’s resolutions. Most likely your goal is to tackle that extra weight, run that extra m...
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I have been toying with the idea of buying a food franchise, and have been working towards it for last couple of years. I calculated my current debt to income ration at 37%. It does take into account my current salar...