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If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
Ashley Kehr, author of Real Estate Rookie and co-host of the Rookie podcast will be taking over the BiggerPockets' Instagram tomorrow to answer all your rookie investing questions and discussing how to overcome obstac...
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Irvine , CA Thursday, January 07, 2016 According to a new study of companies leaving California during the last eight years, the state's business climate will worsen because of a multitude of proposed tax hikes and ne...
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Hi all-I have a rental in New Jersey which I've rented out steady for 3 years now to the same family. We actually hadn't intended to rent it out, but we had to move quickly and it was faster than selling it. We have...
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Hey BP!,Since graduating I found myself anxious to get into real estate asap! I keep reading all these success stores and I feel I am ready but the only thing holding me back is thinking should I get out of debt first...
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I live in New York, and have family in PA, NJ, and FL.I have a family of about 25 members who would like to pool their savings into one account, and each member would like to have the option of putting their savings i...
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Investment Info
PP- 53k
Closing – 3k
Repairs/Rent-Ready updates: 5k
Additional Holding Cost (Rental and lead inspection, home inspection, etc.) – 1k
All in Costs – 62k Cash
What made you interested in investing...