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Hi all!My name is Genesis. I'm not quite new to BP, been lurking in these forums for over a year now, but thought it was time to introduce myself.I have one SF rental in Portland, Oregon, and am looking to purchase ou...
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Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...
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Hey Everyone,More Success or More of What-Not-To-DoBelow is my first post in the Success Stories forumshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/17...I’m finally writing my 2nd “Success Story” post. I’ve been wa...
BP People, what would you do if you wanted to get any loan or hard or private money lending but your credit score was 400 something and you weren't able to get anything to help get started in your real estate venture ...
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I am currently looking for a property to update. I've been looking at alot of downtown properties, but I dont' know where to get information on them. Alot of them look abandoned and need alot of cosmetic work. But I t...
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I am thinking of transferring funds from my Simple IRA to a self-directed real estate IRA. Wondering if anyone has done this and how difficult is it?
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In the today's real estate markets, investors are finding an abundance of distressed inventory and in some cases for prices that are 10% of the "replacement" cost of the property.After quickly glancing at the rents on...
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The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...
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Hi, I am hoping writing a long and detailed post will help check my due diligence process for getting into the notes business in a more thoughtful manner. I have read a ton of Don, Chris S, Chris W, Andy, Jay and Dion...
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Hello all,I have been looking at this new CD for a few months now. My research says it’s legitimate, can’t find anything saying otherwise online. Anyone using this? A 1 month CD returning 6% seems too good to be true ...