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Hello BP Community,
We have grown our portfolio quite a bit over the last few years starting from 4 units in 2018 to almost 50 without outside investment and in multiple states. I run the business and manage the PMs ...
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Hi BP Members,
I'm in the process of acquiring my first rental property. I am purchasing a 4plex in the Phoenix area and live in Los Angeles. Tenants have been there for 3+ years. Do I need a full time proper...
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Hi everyone,A few weeks ago I was thinking about all of the technologies and services that we use to run our investment/property management operation and decided a visual was in order to map it all out. I'm an IT guy ...
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Hello BP team.
I got to thinking about this thread a great deal and have decided, yes, I should have a real business e-mail address for my company.
http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/59890-the-truth-abou...
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BP readers,For those of you that don't know me, I'm starting out as a cre broker in January and am really pumped up to return from my stint in Australia to get started (although I'm quite happy "down under"). I've jus...
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This is a post that details my experience with accepting an EIDL disaster loan amount above 25k where my properties are held in my personal name, no LLC. A lot of people hold properties in their personal name, includ...
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Yep! Today is BiggerPockets' 9th Birthday! Be sure to take a moment to read the post Josh just uploaded to the BiggerPockets blog concerning the past 9 years on BiggerPockets.
Happy Birthday BP!
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What are the systems you put in place that have helped you streamline and automate the management of your investment properties? I know, I know, hire a property manager. That aside, I’m curious to hear specific pra...
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I am looking to acquire my first multi-family property and I have been looking for a mentor. So far it looks like a hefty price in finding one. As I am researching and understanding the process, I will of course have ...
I know no one can answer this but I guess I'm looking for advice or prior experience with this. I recently retired at the age of 55 and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Financially, I'm secure with a guaranteed ret...