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I'm almost 50 and just woke up to the power of REI. Kicking myself for not learning about this 30 years ago. But here I am, and I have a decent pile of cash ($120K) and a pretty good 401K. So I'm in a great positio...
So after a recent call w our amazing accountant he said something that hit me hard. he said after 40 years w his clients he's observed that its easy to get into real estate investing and much harder to exit real esta...
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I have been working with the same realtor for about 6 months now and i am beginning to get a little aggravated. Every time i make an offer on a property she looks at me like im crazy and after the offer is submitted s...
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I would like to address a concern I have about the herd-mentality of everyone and their uncle becoming "investors" and how this is likely to have very serious long term implications on housing that few have thought mu...
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I was wondering if anyone had any experience or input on REAL? From my limited research I see that it is an online real estate brokerage with zero monthly costs, and an 85/15 commission split. I would assume the sup...
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I just met with a lawyer this morning, he wants 1250 bucks to do my LLC formation papers, I understand I can do this online but I want to make sure that everything in the future that I do is air tight and Im willing t...
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I need a reality check from those in the business. Is it feasible to begin with a multi family near the bay area?I live in San Francisco, but work in Palo Alto. I believe I'm priced out of purchasing in my high COL ...
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Hey bigger pockets happy holidays to you all I really need some advice here ! So it’s been 3 years since I brought my first duplex @415k its now build up equity and is worth over 540k so I have equity in it a refinan...
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Hello investors in CA,Just wondering, how are you guys getting cash flow after so much investment and most of the rent goes to mortagage itself.I live in corona, average home price is $570K and rent will be approximat...