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Hello Everybody!My name is Dean Carlson, I bought my first investment property at the age of 21 and I have been a residential agent since 1997. I finally got bored of residential and decided to focus on what I origina...
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Hi All - My wife and I would greatly appreciate some advice as I believe we're starting to suffer from some 'analysis paralysis' based on all of our reading, listening, etc. over the years about various/best strategie...
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Hear me out… What if I created a platform called “Rate My Contractor” where you can give the contractor you use as an investor a rating fir fellow investors, we can turn into a discord as well specifically for that pu...
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My goal for 2020 is to systemitize and automate our Marketing and Aquisition Department. I have been having a fun time trying to gamify parts of the Marketing and Aquisition rolls. What technology and automations are ...
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It looks like Fannie Mae is taking measures to qualify millenials with boatloads of toxic debt. These measures will qualify millions of indebt youngsters for mortgages, which doesn't seem like a good idea, but it cer...
Can anyone here share any innovative strategies for growing seed capital towards your down payment more quickly?
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My brother and I have, for years, been looking to get into real estate investing. we grew up around a father who was a very successful businessman and invested in duplex's from the start. In fact we worked on ren...
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Hi, I'm looking for advice on ways to increase my occupancy rate for my STR in Poconos, PA. I began listing my property in May and have only had 2 bookings (both 5 star ratings). I feel like my property isn't competit...
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Hey all - Stumbled into a new SFR net lease strategy after purchasing my first self-managed SFR in South Florida. It was high rent, low entry point area but within 6 months I dealt with an eviction and electrical issu...
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Good Evening Bigger Pockets Community,I finally have some spare time, and would like to take the opportunity to share my latest "house hack". My wife and I are active duty Army officers and are currently stationed in ...