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Hell Everyone!,
My name is Brandon Shiflett. Originally from around Washington Courthouse, Ohio. Went to Ohio University undergaraduate for biology. Met my now wife. Took a year to live in Milwaukee and eat pretzels ...
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Hello everyone. I am learning a lot about real estate and want to purchase a rental property in my area. My goal is to create financial security for retirement. I am not opposed to making this my primary method of inc...
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What is protocol here in upper middle class neighborhoods with no crime? There is an existing system I want to take out but it's all hooked up and in order to do so the company is charging an arm and leg... or telling...
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One of my coworkers 96 year old grandfather had her go online and apply for a tax delinquent property in his neighborhood (North Birmingham). It has been empty for years. Story is the owners got old moved in with thei...
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Hi guys,
I'm a senior in high school and I am very interested and very serious about investing in real estate. I understand some of the basic concepts of real estate investing, but I do not understand how to go about ...
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Hi there!
So I have a new applicant for my small house in a blue collar neighborhood. It is a very young couple with a child. Because of their lack of credit history (hers) and previous credit issues (his) I told t...
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Hi everyone!
I reviewed a bunch of posts to help out all the beginners and interested Parties:
Real Estate Investors suggested Reading Materials
These books were suggested on BiggerPockets by its members.
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I'm a realtor in Columbia,SC. When I run numbers most of the deals don't work for me, and the ones that do typically end up having more problems than I have money or someone offers more than I can. How do y'all typica...
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I need accounting advice. I apologize in advance for the wordy post, but would appreciate if anyone has good ideas.
I recently started using Rentec Direct (property management software). It tracks income and expenses...
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We at biggerpockets are a pretty diverse group as far as background, education, geography, market focus and age, but also potically and socially. I'd be interested in seeing which websites we have in common.
I'll sta...