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Hello my name is Mark. I live and invest in Western New York State. I am 53 and work as a tooling Engineer where I have been employed for 30 years. I have been a buy and hold investor for 25 years. 13 properties, 46 u...
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When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?
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Hi all, I am a resident of Salt Lake City and I am going through major listing sites trying to analyze deals while I save up and increase my earning potential in order to invest in real estate in a few years. In my re...
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This is not our first success story but is our most recent. Just received a check in the mail yesterday. Always happy to see a check in the mail. I will let the numbers do the talking:Cost of Note (bought Aug 2013): $...
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Just purchased a SFR for our family while using the house hacking method. We sold our home in Jan 2021 and moved into a 3 family. Renting out the other 2 units. Which covers the mortgage with left over cash. Our famil...
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As I’ve been analyzing deals and hearing stories, the same question comes to mind...What are the pros and cons or at least the “whys” to getting a HML that includes the entire purchase amount vs just getting the 25% n...
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Greetings,Sorry in advance for the long post but I felt that the information was pertinent. I am an investor working on my second renovation. First one went great except for timing of completion and finishing touc...
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I need advise from someone in the business. When first starting out is it better to have more time to invest or more money? I have the opportunity to take a different job that pays less but leaves 3 weekdays free to d...
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Hello Everyone,My name is Richard Miller and I am interested in investing in rental properties. After reading and hearing stories about how people start, it sounds like house hacking would be a good way to get my feet...
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Hello all, I’m in need of some help from the bigger pockets community. I am about to buy my first rental property and I’m telling my mortgage company that it is my primary residence so that I can put only 3% down inst...