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Hey everyone,I am a 28 year old who currently lives in NC. I just want to explain my circumstances and see how people with experience and knowledge in real estate would move forward if they were in my shoes. I have $...
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One stated benefit of investing in real estate is price appreciation. However, if you look at inflation adjusted real estate prices for the most part there isn't much appreciation. There are specific points in time ...
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Earlier this year my good friend paid $30k to a Dallas real estate guru to finally get started in real estate at the ripe young age of 55. After the course, the gurus convinced him to put his entire retirement into 2 ...
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Hello BP Community,
Long story short, I am 30 years old, and live in Enumclaw,
Washington. I spent ~ 6 years years in the Marines, another 6 with Amazon. I've stocked piled my money over the
past three years and...
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This is the most basic budget question. My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year. This gives a really good place to start for a budg...
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I'm looking at more and more syndication investments, because it is a personal interest of mine.
And it really rubs me the wrong way when a syndicator puts together a deal in a way that has very little of their own ...
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Hi Everyone, I would like to increase rent but have a tenant that is telling my property manager that they are on fixed income and cannot afford higher rent. The unit is rented under market value and I am only asking...
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Hello, looking to add some Canadian BP members or join to some groups. Im new to real estate and as useful as BP is Canada has different guidelines laws to follow. I won't be annoying and message you constantly I prom...
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I have posed this question to help me serve my students better. I know most answers will focus around lack of money, but I think the answer is more complex. My three biggest reasons for taking action: FEAR, family m...
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I'm curious to hear from other Vancouver Island investors to see if you have been able to locate any buy and hold opportunities with cash flow? I'm over in Courtenay and not having much luck here lately. My wife and ...