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Hi everyone. I was just curious your thoughts on the pros and cons of paying off mortgages early on investment properties vs using leverage and scaling to a larger amount of properties quicker.
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I am a firm believe that "no financial decision should be made using financial criteria alone", meaning you have to consider personality, what lets you sleep at night, etc that being said, my wife and I have d...
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Hello All,Goal: to provide a fatFIRE lifestyle at a typical retirement age. Currently, I'm 43 and my retirement age would be 68. My wife and I own 2 duplexes and 9 SFM for 13 units, we cash flow about $5,500 a month...
Looking to get into real estate but don't know what way to head. I'm 22 years old living in San Diego with a good job. I'm currently building credit and have a good amount of money saved. I keep saving but don't know ...
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Hello BP!I’m so thankful to have discovered this community.I’m loving the podcasts. I’m loving the forums! And I’m loving the blog posts!I’m a backslidden investor, looking to be reborn again. (Ha!) I bought a triplex...
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Hello BP Community! Here's my dilemma I purchased a triplex in Boyle Heights California 4 years ago. I have one tenant that has been in the property for 20 years. The unit is a 3 bed 1 bath currently market rents ran...
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So my name is Josh. I live in Nashville Tennessee with my fiancé. We own our current home outright and we have a little bit of savings in the bank.So for the past few months Caitlyn (fiancé) and I have been discussi...
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Hi Everyone,
I was wondering how you handle getting the lawn mowed on your single family rentals. For my first 2 houses I have provided push mowers and have the tenants cut the grass. After thinking about this more,...
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I am a proud guy wanting to brag about his son... He has wanted to be a pilot for a long frigging time... And last week he became Aircraft Carrier Certified. It is amazing when you set a goal and decide that achieving...
Our primary home is paid off after 2 years of pouring every penny we could into it. The market value is about $300k. We bought it as fixer upper for $188k, renovated and now plan to lease it out. We (my husband and i)...