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Hey all! My name is Mike. A couple things about me. I’m a software engineer (frontend web dev) working remotely in Berryville VA. I have a wife and two kids and I’ve recently gotten more interested in real estate as a...
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With over 40 million people unemployed, is multi family a safe investment? What do you guys think?
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Hello all,I am just starting to look for deals in the Twin Cities area, and it seems that most buy and hold properties fall well below the 2% threshold in the Metro area and quite a bit beyond. (I will confess here: I...
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Rookie investor here.. just bought my first rental property a few months ago but impossible to buy the second one- even with interest rates over 7% here, every property I make an offer on has 7-10 competing offers wit...
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We have an applicant trying to complete an application for one of our rentals, but they do not have a social security number or a driver's license number- which are required fields for our background and credit check....
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I have two major issues with Bigger Pockets. Before I get to the issues I want to point out Bigger Pockets is a great website for networking, free information, investing strategies and many other things. Overall I t...
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Hello, BP.Me and my wife currently have 2 properties free and clear.1 Townhouse and a duplex. We live in the townhouse and currently renting the duplex. Personally, I want to refi both properties and take the cash and...
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I found BiggerPockets about 2 years ago. It has been an amazing time learning so much about real estate investing and hearing all of the incredible stories from amazing investors around the world.In the past 6 months ...
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I invested in a property in property in San Diego in 2015, whose numbers were indicating it was going to be cashflow negative by a couple hundred dollars per month. I was a little surprised at the near universal advic...