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So a little backstory first: Ten years ago I moved back to upstate NY looking to buy a starter house for myself. The original plan was to get a duplex and house-hack but the realtor talked me into getting a single fam...
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Those here who are familiar with more conventional investing may know about life-cycle funds. For those who are not, a life-cycle fund is a fund that is chartered in such a way that it invests according to the intere...
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Good afternoon fellow Real Estate Investors, I've come to realize that investing in the stock market is way too volatile. To be honest, I don't understand how company stocks increase or decrease in value. I don't have...
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Hope everyone is healthy and safe.
I’ve been a constant browser/lurker of the forums but never had the courage to introduce myself until today. You can say that I had “analysis paralysis'' on my first introduction po...
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Hello all!Russ here and I am new to this whole world. Long Island (Suffolk County) born and raised, I currently work as a Physics teacher. I am big into tennis, snowboarding, and hiking. My most recent endeavor is lea...
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I’m a rookie RE investor who’s new to BP and looking for some guidance.* First, though, I have to say that I’m amazed by the depth of knowledge on BP and the willingness of the community to give helpful advice in an o...
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Good Afternoon Investment Community! I hope you're having a great Holiday season! Like this post if you live here and enjoy that we're in December and temperatures are in the 60s-70s during the day! I wanted to share ...
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Hi everyone,I’m living in Portland, Oregon where there are lots of restrictions on STRs and buying stand alone properties for STR purposes. I’ve been looking at neighboring cities in Washington that are more STR frien...
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Okay,
I got my first deal lined up. I am going to cash purchase a home for 40K and put 15K into it in renovations. Comps show it should on the low end appraise for 67K high end 73K. However, I want to cash ou...