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Hi guys. My name is Brian and I am from Arlington, Texas. I work as a geotechnical engineer by day and am just starting to accumulate enough savings to jump into my first buy and hold deal.
I have already read many t...
Hi, I am a recent member of this form, but I have been listening to the podcast for the past ~3 years. I graduated high school 2 years ago and am currently working a 9-5 desk job making 17.25 an hr. I am super interes...
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I've been reading through the forums here and I've read a lot of posts about how the tenants should have the money saved up to pay rent in an emergency, and if not they should use a credit card or the money in their r...
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Just a question for other BP members: who all on this board have started their RE business from nothing? That means you had no money and no personal savings to put in to marketing, down payments, etc.Follow-up questi...
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now of course this is major media and all the slants that come with it.. just like media saying that folks are not going to buy houses and they prefer to rent..now you have the opposite LOL see article for your read...