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My name is David (you can call me Dave if you like). I graduated college in 2012 (dual degree Pre-Law and Africana Studies; completed in 3 years 2009-12) and for the last two years I have been teaching English in Asi...
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Hello BP!I'm Chris Williams and I'm obviously new to the real estate community. I previously lived in Memphis for four years before moving away to go to law school, and I'm now on the verge of moving back after I grad...
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I want to hear people's opinions on taking purposeful breaks from active investing. It would be great to hear the perspectives from all experiences. I hope to find others who may have felt a bit lost at times during t...
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Looking at multi-family properties. How does one define just what makes a property a particular class. I realize it's a subjective decision, but could a section 8 be a class A or B for example?
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Hi Everyone! I am new to this.... Pretty much in the "learning" phase aka waiting to save up enough for my first down payment on an investment property (Just a few months away!). One thing I'm very drawn to but haven'...
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I'm looking at a duplex I just found today about 30 min south of Chicago. Not quite the suburbs but a decent town. Seller is asking $35k but the property also had $12k in back taxes due. Obviously the taxes have to...
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I am curious to see what most of my fellow BPers do for their main stream of income, I personally work as an RV sales Consultant and do real estate part time as the opportunities arise.
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As a young foreign national who wants to start investing in the US I started working out a step by step investment plan. One of the first and maybe most important steps is obviously picking my market, not an easy task...
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Hello! I have a question on appraised value vs market value. There is a duplex listed for 299k in Va Beach but the appraised value stated 230k. I am not sure why there is 70k in gap. This would be a private sale - no ...