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Curious what everyone's thoughts are on the following 2 options:
1. Put money aside in 401k and take a nice tax savings now, but not be able to leverage the money easily for REI. With a Self Directed 401k I may have...
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Hey everyone!
I've been doing my due diligence before I start investing.
It seems as though most people want to find properties which main criteria being that the property has positive cash flow.
One book I've be...
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Hey Guys
Just a quickie for those of you who are actively investing.
Let's say you see something listed on the MLS or whatever and you want to make an offer on it, do you have your own RE agent onboard or are you jus...
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Hi BP community! My partner and I have been given the opportunity to purchase some land (around 1 acre) in southern Costa Rica about 8km from the airport. We’ve always wanted to go there and have many friends and fami...
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Just got this property under contract. I tried to get the seller to take care of this, but they wouldn't and just lowered the price instead. So now I'm stuck with finding a solution. The tile doesn't go up high enough...
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first off, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself to the commuter 8th. My name is Chris. I'm 37 years old and I live in Minnesota. I would like to get involved in the real estate game but honestly I don't c...
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PMs - How do you keep up with the whirlwind of bookkeeping involved with vacation rentals? I've tried different vacation rental softwares that feature "integrated accounting" without much luck. For years I've used s...