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My wife and I are thrilled to begin our journey into real estate investment. I've been working for the same company for nearly two decades, but I was recently laid off. We see this as an opportunity to focus on real e...
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Hi BiggerPockets,What can I say? I am happy to have stumbled upon BP today while looking for real estate information online. I read a few threads on the forum... and immediately bookmarked and registered to BP. Gettin...
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What investment choices would you recommend to offset W2 income taxes? Let’s say we’re shooting for $50k tax saving per year. My wife is a real estate professional (we can deduct real estate depreciation) so a proper...
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Hello, I have a house that I am looking to get a refinanced DCSR loan on at 85 to 80%. Please message me or comment below if you provide that type of product or know of someone. Thank you!
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Retirement planning is a journey filled with valuable lessons, and as a real estate investor, I’ve learned some crucial insights that I wish I had grasped earlier. Real estate has been a game-changer in my financial s...
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I have a duplex in Wisconsin and the upper tenant has just notified me that she lost her job 3 weeks ago and doesn't have money for rent this month. She said she has requested a check out of her 401K to cover rent but...
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Hello BP Community,Well I am official, I purchased my first house to flip two days ago. Yay!!! As I start to look at what sub-contractors I want to use I wanted to see if anyone has a good base template for sub cont...
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I keep getting asked, so I figured I would post this up so I could simply refer people to this post.
The rough guidelines/strategy that is working for me so far is below.
Assumptions - You are leveraging debt. You d...
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Hi everyone!Does anyone have an estimate for how much it would cost to build a duplex or 4plex in Bradenton? We have an opportunity to pick up a lot and are wondering if it's cheaper to just buy a duplex/4plex that i...