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Hi everyone, I started investing in Cleveland about a year and a half ago and have acquired 6 LTRs (SFH and MFH) using mainly the BRRRR method in C areas. I've done fairly big renovations where in most cases, Im repla...
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I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...
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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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Daily texts, calls and postcards. Anyone else just absolutely worn out? Everyone has the same pitch too.
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Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...
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I joined BP in March of last year after stumbling across the site while searching for real estate information. After a few months of research and study, my then-fiancé and I decided we would pursue rehabbing/wholesali...
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My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...
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I built a rental portfolio of 127 units and soon to double in the next year. I've experienced a little bit of everything: wholesaling, flips, single family rentals, multi family rentals, office, commercial, developme...
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Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...
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One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...