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First of all, I'm not a rookie, but I behaved like one, and I write this post as more of a cautionary tale rather than an attempt to seek advice. I know I should have done more due diligence, and I know what my optio...
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Hey guys, I've been a full time real estate agent for several years now and up until this year that has always been my primary income. However this year I focused more time flipping properties than selling real estate...
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Say it with me: “I QUIT!!!”As Bigger Pockets’ motto says, “Life wasn’t made to be lived in a cubicle.”So I’m not going to any more!!Been a Wild Ride!!Going from nothing - to buying my first foreclosed 4plex with an FH...
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This seems to be a widely held mantra here. If you buy in a high appreciation market, you're not investing, you are speculating. That's not something I have ever heard here in Hawaii. Probably because it's not true...
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Hello BP,I started my real estate investment career a little over a year ago. I bought my first three properties within two months of each other. Two of these were turn key rentals and the other was a rental rehab tha...
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At one point somehow I accidentally paid my mortgage on an investment property twice in the same month.
That was dumb, I thought, after realizing my mistake. However, instead of calling the bank and trying t...
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Here’s Part 1Here’s Part 2I will answer the question: how I went from 1 house and an 8-unit building to over 1,000 apartment units and more importantly, what I learned along the way. I share my story NOT to brag becau...
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Hi, I am a property investor in New Zealand with a portfolio of mainly small multi-families.I will be selling off some of my individual units in about a year's time which should give me approx US$640k. As I have learn...
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So yesterday I put in my two weeks. Now what? I don't want to have to find another job, I made a promise to myself that after I left my current job I would not go to another 9to5 and I would not go work for someone el...
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In the world of business and entrepreneurship, we've all heard it.....don't listen to those gurus. Beware of the guru. That guru is a crook! My question is: how do you spot a real estate guru? I'm not sure what quali...