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The Orange County Register ran this article by me on 11/6/2011, and I though you-all might like it.
Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms the most people.
The debt pushers have en...
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Hello all,I am under contract on a 4 bed 2 bath home in one of the nicer suburbs of Detroit, Auburn Hills. I am under contract with seller right now for 277k with 8k in seller credits negotiated upon inspection. Now,...
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Hello all, My name is Terron and i have a background In Business Management with little to no experience in Real Estate investing. Currently I am living in my home that I have purchased in 2011 and now it has accumula...
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Hi BP,I wanted to get your opinion on something that's been bugging me for a while now. First off, I'm 18 (turning 19 in a month) and I'm in my first year at McMaster in Hamilton in the engineering program. At the beg...
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Hey everyone, hope y’all are doing alright. My tenant just moved out and she left 38 small holes in a room. Should I and could I take their security deposit or portion of it? What would you do? She also lost one of th...
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Hello Everyone,I've learned a lot from Frank Gallinelli's "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow," however, the Internal Rate of Return concept is still a little confusing to me.In this book th...
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Hey guys! Just learned about BP from the ChoosFI crowd and am super excited to dig into this. My wife will be active duty AF in 2020 and we will potentially be living in the Chesapeake/Norfolk, VA area. We'd like to u...
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The cash flow purists are going to hunt me down and beat me for this one, but here it goes.
2 years ago I bought a property (foreclosure, on MLS) for 26K, put a ton of money into it but got energy rebates. Ended up...
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Hey guys I'm a second year college student whos beginning to show some interest in real estate. The problem is, aside from knowing that a lot of money can be earned if done properly, I pretty much am ignorant in this ...
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HelloSo I was listening to the most recent podcast today (ep. 308 with Sterling White), and the guys were stressing to use the forums on bigger pockets to get help, advice and for people to know just know my story. I...