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Going back to the basics - what has your journey been as an investor in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas? How did you get your start and how have you expanded since then? What lessons did you learn along the way?
I intend to buy and hold rental property's, I discovered my area is difficult to cashflow. However! While I was figuring that out I ran into a couple local DEALS. I decided a flip would help me get my feet wet and Id ...
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Hey BP! I am a huge believer in the power of stories. I believe there is a part of everyone's story that we can learn from. With that in mind one thing I have considered is being a newbie is starting a blog to track m...
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Hi, I would like to hear from Non US Citizens investing in the US on how they are going with their investment strategy, what strategies they find are most successful for them with being a remote investor and the hurdl...
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Reading success stories is great but I think that sometimes you can learn more from failure than from success. If you are willing I would like to hear your failure stories. Please share what happened and why you think...
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Hey everyone,
I'm interested in hearing some crazy awesome ways you've finances a real estate deal. Don't worry I'll start.
Back in Aug of 2019 I purchased a flip with 55k in personal credit cards and hardmony ...
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Ironic story, this house was on the market during last summer. Fixer upper project in the Burbank district of West San Jose, less than 2 miles from the soon to be Google Village in Downtown San Jose. I put an offer ...
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Hello!
If you’ve had success with REOs, Can you share your success and pain points?
REOs seem like a super secretive, magical RE topic! :)
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I would to hear some real life examples of successful1031 exchanges taken place among BP members? Did you exchange your single families rentals for multiple family? 1031 exchange to commercial properties? Did you exch...
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As of right now, I'm hearing and seeing a lot around do your due diligence, but do you all have any bad experiences to speak of? I'm not talking about "oh I was expecting monthly dividends and it turned out to be quar...