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My wife and I are just closing on our second rental property and I’m looking for some guidance. I’m looking for a way to protect income from ‘our’ taxes and to maximize the growth to enable us to start saving for prop...
Looking for some opinions on what you would do?
A friend of mine owns a home in eastern Massachusetts in a desirable area, commutable to Boston with good schools. He owes roughly $260k on a mortgage and the house is ...
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Hey Guys,
I’m fairly new to investing and have been lucky enough to be surrounded by some really great investors. My short term goal is to create enough passive income to allow my wife to stay home with our baby(s). ...
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A property management company recently advised me to remove the washer and dryer in my rental stating this is more of a liability. If any damage is done to the washer/dryer or damage to property from washer/dryer, I a...
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Hello All,I am new to BiggerPockets and to Real Estate in general, and have decided to take the big leap and enter my first deal! I am a 29 year-old physician, have a young family in tow, and am hoping to become the p...
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Hey BP, I'm brand new to RE investing and working a full time job as aero engineer. I have nice home that is tying up most of my buying power/ income. 5 bed, 2.5 bath, 2,900 sf, paid ~$250k. Bought it at market value ...
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What if I told you there was a population within the United States that has more than $100,000,000,000 to spend every year? Our nation's military is deemed "The other 1%" partly due to the size of their allocated budg...
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Hi, BPers, my wife is interested in investing in a beauty/spa store in Southern California. We are quite new to investing in business. So any idea on where to look for such deals, and what we should pay special attent...
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Hi,What are the pros and cons pre-paying the mortgage for an investor. Obviously no interest needs to be paid, so that is the cashflow, however if later I need to take the cash out, can I refi?Pls provide your expert ...
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curious what you look at when trying to determine if an area is going through a change? how do you know an area is re-gentrifying vs. deteriorating? what data do you focus on?