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Hello friends. My wife and I live in Oregon and we want to buy our first rental, but the interest rates and the housing prices in Portland are very high. A 3-bedroom house starts at $450k. But I'm getting the feeling ...
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I did W2 for 30 years as in corporate IT. Dabbled in real estate but never went for it big time - bought and sold a few primary residences and a couple of condos over the years. Now I'm 56 and hoping to never work for...
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Hello Bigger Pockets family, long-time podcast listener and forum reader, first-timer poster!Quick back story: I bought my first rental property (1/1 condo) here in my hometown of San Diego 1 year ago. Ever since I le...
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BP Community,I live in the Denver Metro city of Centennial, Colorado. It boggles my mind how many contractors come to do a site walkthrough, promise to provide an estimate within a few business days, and never send i...
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Good Afternoon BP, First of all thank you for all of the knowledge and information you guys post. With that being said, I am buying my first property in Baltimore, MD. I lived there for two years but due to work i am ...
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I'm a landlord pondering electronic rent payment... I love automation in business and this seems to be a no-brainer but I understand many landlords have not adopted it. There are lots of options, so it's a littl...
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I always hear Kiyosaki (and countless others) talking about owning physical gold in addition to real estate. I get the thesis, but how does one technically hold, store, and (most importantly) SECURE physical gold hold...
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Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...
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BP family! I'm very excited! I just closed my first deal as an investor a week ago. After scouting the MLS for months I finally pulled the trigger on a duplex (1 bedroom over 1 bedroom) in West Philadelphia. It's not ...
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I'm a real estate investor in Multi-unit in California. Retired computer engineer.