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Hi BP Community,This year in June I purchased my first buy and hold property - a duplex. I know that it is important to have cash reserves set aside for unexpected issues that may arise with the property. However, sho...
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Hello everyone - my name is Peter, a recent entrant to BiggerPockets. I live and work in Oakland, CA. I was hoping to get some advice from the community about what was most instructive to you in your first year of lea...
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Hey BP community!My wife and I live in LA and are looking at buying real estate. We’ve got a decent chunk of liquid reserves and credit scores above 800, but we can’t get a loan because our income from 2020 and 2021 w...
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Can you help me with a question, hoping you have some experience or knowledgeable about it. I got offer a real estate line of credit that I can use to purchase more real estate. What are your thoughts on LOC? Pros/con...
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I am completely new to real estate and this site. I wanted to know what people think about REITs(Real Estate Investment Trusts) and how to invest in some. I am looking to make quick passive income.
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Hey everyone, pretty new here, but extremely excited to get started so bear with me. I'm currently working towards using the VA home loan to buy my first multi-family investment property. One of the catches is I have ...
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How do you prepare yourself to take all this money from WALL STREET somewhere that you've been taught your whole life is safe, to invest in a real estate syndication on 123 MAIN ST?1) Educate yourself about the asset ...
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Does anyone use whole life insurance as the infinite banking strategy for their real estate deals? I'm trying to decide whether or not I should use it but there's so many people that say not to. I'm not sure what to do
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What is considered a good cash on cash return?
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Hi Bigger Pockets Friends!
If you were me what would you do. We are in Charlotte NC and unknowingly moved into a house hack and now are wanting to use our equity of 28K to make a profitable investment.
What would...