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Would you consider college to be essential when going into a field such as real estate?
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I recently found out about being able to open up a self directed IRA for investing in real estate. What i am eager to know are the stipulations? Can it be my primary residence or do I have to do something else with...
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My lender is warning its clients that it will no longer accept payments from a business bank account, which is how I’ve been paying the loan since its inception many years ago. They insist I must pay using a personal ...
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First of all, sorry if this comes off a bit negative. I'm posting it in the off-topic forum because I don't rightly know which forum it belongs in.Okay, so I've been doing some research into turnkey RE investing bec...
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Here's another project we are just wrapping up and it involved so many "Firsts" for me I figured I'd share. Most of the new construction I've done in and around Atlanta has been Infill teardown which didn't involve m...
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I was wondering how you guys feel about short sales. Do you guys think its worth the time to wait for a short sale or do you guys go straight for REOs because they can close quickly and you know what price you're gett...
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Hi, my name is Kai. I recently read Brandon's book “The Book on Rental Property Investing" and got really interested in real estate investing. But here is my situation. I work in the finance industry, and my day job i...
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Economic Update(Monday, February 8, 2021)
Have you ever wondered who originally handed out area codes? For example, why did Vermont get 802 and Southern California 213? Listen closely because the a...
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Hi everyone,I've been on BiggerPockets now for a few months and realized I should finally make a post. I'm a lifelong Alaskan, born and raised in Anchorage. Currently I am working full time in Anchorage (and I also c...
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My wife and I have been researching and visiting small multi-family properties in the Worcester, MA area. We're finding opportunities in the lower income areas but it seems most, if not all, barely meet the 1% rule......