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Hello to everyone. I'm Valentina, I'm from Italy and I recently discovered this great community of BiggerPockets and I'm really excited to start investing in real estate. I'm in America with a seasonal H2B work visa, ...
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Hey BP fam!In 2025 what strategies are you utilizing to source off market deals? I'm located in Austin, TX and here are a few of my strategies. Let's grow together.
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Overview: converting detached garage into a studio to rent on Airbnb, or month to month. There is already an attached garage at the house, so I don't need another. Cost: 50-70k (construction + furnishing)Financing: So...
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If you were 23, had 1 duplex that you owed $115,900 to the bank for the mortgage, and a single family home that you owned free and clear that's worth around 160-170k and $100,000 liquid cash in my bank account, what w...
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I have a goal of paying off at least one commercial (high hassle) mortgage and 2 higher rate residential mortgages this year, in 2017.So far - the commercial mortgage has been refinanced with a $61k cash-out, no point...
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Retirement Plan.I used to have a 401k. That was before I lost my job. My search for another job landed me in another country, working as a contract employee through a third party. I got interested in real estate becau...
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Hi--I'm new to this forum and new to real estate investment in general. I'll be a first time home buyer and would love to get my housing situation figured out while also leveraging my first-timer status to get my real...
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Hey all,
I’m a long time lurker, first time poster. My business partner owns 26 rental properties. I recently took over managing the properties about 3 months ago. We have had a storm of turnover lately with a lo...
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Hi, im looking for a multi family in the Chicago area, are there any loans for 20% down? Thanks in advance if so.
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I'm going to update this log monthly with my progress towards 250 3 bed 2 bath single family homes!I hope you all enjoy it! I'm mostly doing this so I can look back on where I started 25 years from now.Current Number ...