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Hi everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write a column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” in real estate.
I am looking for stories from BP members about that ONE deal or ...
Hi All, My goal is to purchase a multi family rental in 2018 and house hack it. I'm curious to know how much you all budgeted for reserves when you purchased your first deal? Would you take your 401k into consideratio...
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Hello BP Investors!
I am looking for stories about your biggest real estate mistake, and what you learned from it, for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. If selected, your story, name and company will be featured in the ...
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What are you doing or seeing that effectively addresses racial disparity in home ownership/ lending/ generational wealth?Hopefully this is a fairly straightforward question about a heavy and complex topic! It's well ...
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To the BiggerPockets community,What have been your best passive investments? By passive I mean less than 1 hour of your time in total a month on the investment. What was the initial cost? How much time did it initia...
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First off I hope this is the correct sub forum (BP is over loaded with sub forums)
I am wondering how many BP members live solely off of their real estate. By this I mean a person who doesn't have a job and isn't l...
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Hello! I'm excited to be posting this morning. I am a husband and father of 2 young kids (soon to be 3). I am also a doctor which brings in a nice income. What I am finding however, is that even though we make "good m...
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Hello All-
New to investing and had a few questions for those seasoned investors. My wife and I are looking at the mid-west to start investing (Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania or Kentucky) My question are in t...
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Hi BP Community!Would love to get your guidance as I think this might be my very first deal. -FSBO priced at $80K (free and clear)-Owner is an elderly man who purchased the lot for $60K nearly 20 years ago through a f...
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I think that multifamily (2-4 units) is one of the best types of properties to invest in especially when first getting started change my mind.