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I am just starting out in real estate investment. My first property will be, unless something changes, the duplex we're currently living in on a rent-to-own basis.Whenever I tell people what my wife and I want to do w...
I was at an auction 2 days ago. There was about 6 bidders. Four of the bidders never bid but me and the other guy bid on both of the 2 homes. When he walked in, everyone knew him. As if he knew all about everythi...
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10/23/12 UPDATE: The Influence System Has been Removed from BiggerPockets.
INFLUENCE & VOTING
We've established...
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Hey All -
One of our upcoming projects is to update our influence system to one that better reflects a user's influence on the site.
We will be transforming the system from the current limitless influence scale to a...
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As a lot of people on here I pretty much live, breath, and sleep real estate investing. Who is your favorite REI “influencer” to follow on Facebook, instagram, Twitter, etc...?
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Hello all,I'm new to the Bigger Pockets platform, but I'm glad I've finally found it. What a great resource for all real estate professionals to get together to share questions and answers to real world obstacles.I br...
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Some members of our site repeatedly berate new members and generally wreak havoc with negative comments. I know this has been discussed before and it isn't popular, but what are the current thoughts on a negative inf...
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Hi,
I am considering purchase of four unit property, Currently I am going through price negotiation. This is a renovated fourplex with rents of two for 550 each and rents for other two are at 600 each. Each owner pays...
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Can we get blogs added to the influence system?
I haven't been very active in the forums lately but I'd like to think I've added some value in the blog section that I could ultimately get influence points awarded
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Whether its a new car, a vacuum cleaner, real estate agent, or property manager... Reviews play a huge role in how we shop in todays online driven world. From a consumer standpoint how much of an influence does a revi...