As a newbie, how much money is a realistic figure to get started in REI? I know there are many stories of people who have built RE empires srarting with nothing or very little down, but how realistic is that in today'...
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Hi all. My name is Charlene Mead. I reside in the gorgeous state of Maryland. I'm a single mom who's about to send my only kid off to college next year. I've been an educator for 20 years and I'm ready for something n...
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Hi,When do you know when you are able to leave your job, to concentrate on real estate? Im not a get rich quick guy. I wanna know what type of stable business do I need? Because I don’t start to go back to work if my...
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Okay, so I'm still researching a few things and considering my options before I proceed to look at houses. I am a teacher and qualify for a HUD home which means that I can presumably purchase a $200,000 home for 50% o...
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Hey all! What are your top 3 biggest struggles right now as a real estate investor? Would love to learn from others experiences and put together a place where we can all come to help one another out with the troubles ...
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Hi BP community! I am looking for some advice on options for first time home buyer financing. I found a turn-key duplex that I am interested in house hacking by renting out one unit and living in the other. I am consi...
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Hi everyone,
My wife and I are keeping all options insofar as real estate investment opportunities to engage in. As teachers part of our philosophy of education is that while we are the teacher to our students we alw...
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I'm a teacher on summer vacation trying to learn as much as possible about but and hold real estate.
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Hi everyone,I am a high school math teacher who joined the community 3 weeks ago. I have listened to countless hours of podcasts, read 2 books as well as several articles on the web, attended a Meet-Up in my local are...
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We are interested in making an offer on a HUD brick rancher (4/2) that needs only minor repairs. We plan to flip (or remote possibility, rent). We think that the numbers work for a good deal, BUT we discovered th...