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Hello all, I’m new to the Bigger Pockets community. I have been listening to the podcast and reading suggested books for quite some time now. I am originally from Mystic, CT currently active duty Military with 8 years...
Hey guys,My partner and I were having a conversation about which approach is better: either buying a rental property or building a complex with the same amount of capital e.g $500,000.To me, the analysis makes more se...
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Hello,I am new to BP and wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on a question I had. My question is about buying a multi family property 4 units with a low down payment FHA loan. If I only put in 3-4 % down how long...
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Hi everyone,I just signed up for the site and I'm listening to the podcasts now. I'm a 32 year old software developer and I'm ready to dive in to real estate investing. I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself....
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Hello everybody! My name is Jeevon Jones Jr. I'm a newbie from Washington, DC. I attend University of District of Columbia I'm an Management of Info Systems Major. I recently just read the Ultimate Guide Beginners Gui...
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Hi Guys,I wanted to check in this forum for some ideas for a project that I and my next door neighbor is contemplating. Me and my next door neighbor owns one SFH each. so together we own 2 lots and land is roughly 14....
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How do you guys typically assess whether or not a neighborhood has a good quality community (say B, or high C at the worst)? I have been using Trulia percentages and reviews for preliminary screening and looking at st...
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Hello, everyone
My business partner and I are new to REI and and still learning. Just wanted to know what are good ways to find realiable contractors for fix and flips?
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Hi everyone! It's great to be among so many experienced professionals. I'm curious to hear from those of you who are managing your own fix-and-flip projects for the first time. What have been some of the most surprisi...
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Have any of you done a cost seg. study on an STR? We recently purchased a large cabin in the Smokies that I'm interested in having a cost seg study completed on. If we do a cost seg, are we able to count depreciation ...