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Good Afternoon,
I am a local Real Estate agent and owner of a Small Real Estate Brokerage in Thousand Oaks CA. I have bought and sold real estate for the last 13 years. I Have been very successful in my industry a...
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Hello BP.
I'm relatively new and will like your imput in figuring out my best strategy when it comes to financing my first deal.
I have partner up with a friend in which we are pulling up $100k for our ...
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What are you using? What is the standard? I'm using Apple's Numbers app because it came with my mac but I'm starting to see that Excel seems to be the standard. Should I switch over? I'm just making simple project bud...
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Good evening Bigger Pockets!I'm pumped to be here! I've listened to the podcasts for the past 4 months and just bought 2 properties this week! A little about me, I graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos i...
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I have been trying to learn more about the self-directed IRA because my potential investment money is currently setting in a traditional IRA. I find the BRRRR method most appealing. Would I be able to purchase a home,...
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When companies move their headquarters out of California, they choose Texas way more than they choose any other state. Since Jan. 1, 2018, some 107 companies have moved their headquarters to Texas from the Golden Stat...
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I know that there have been a lot of posts about whether or not to use an LLC or not for REI. This is not a post about that. We have settled on doing an LLC. However, I have heard a few times on the podcast and in boo...
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Many investment opportunities are simply passed up when we as investors fail to "Think out of the box"!
In the world of real estate investing "CASH" is king, but the hard fact is not all of us have the cash, credit o...
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I just discovered this site a couple of days ago and have already learned so much - things I wish that I knew before I made all the mistakes with my current building. I am hoping that the community can help me with a...
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My wife and I currently run an Airbnb in our basement apartment in our primary residence. We’d like to hold onto it as a rental and buy another SFH as our primary with an already-built separate ADU. My question is, do...