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I was just wondering how everyone started their endeavors into the Real Estate world. How old were you, what was your first deal, and just what brought you into Real Estate. Just thought this might be interesting fo...
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I get asked about the BRRRR strategy all of the time and honestly don’t know if anyone that’s done it in my market where the property cash flows afterwards. It sounds great. Keep using the same money over and over. It...
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Hi BP members!This is just my second post and it feels great to have received such good feedback and support.Since I don't usually carry around $100K in cash, my southern California backyard market can seem a little i...
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Lenders are getting more and more aggressive in their underwriting - read this...I am researching a project and reached out to a friend who is working for a big lender. He confirmed - they are approving stuff that m...
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Does anyone own vacation rentals in the Poconos, if so how is that going, would you recommend investing there?
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I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...
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Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...
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i had a thread on this a few months ago, but it's official now. the Intuit is shutting down and everyone has to move to their new system - merchant payment service.http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/artic......
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I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...
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After my most recent post on Realtor.com projecting Stockton to be the #4 metro market in the nation in 2018, I've received the same question over and over and over again:"But WHY Stockton? What's so great about it? A...