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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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I have read a lot of hype about the Atlanta Beltline over the past few years here in Metro Atlanta. Usually a strong market buzz precipitates it's realization as people jump on the bandwagon and fuel the market dynami...
I was told to drop my home into an LLC ASAP. It's in a single-member LLC. It's owned free and clear and now that I want to pull cash out via a refinance, no one seems to want to work with me. But if I pull it out of t...
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I'm an experienced entrepreneur, but new to real estate investing (no deals under my belt yet apart from my own home). I want to replace my income within a reasonable timeframe, so I'm looking at a syndication mentors...
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Hi everyone! I'm so happy to be posting for the first time here at BP! I'm a long time podcast-listener and have been reading the forums and blog posts for a while. Also, I'd like to share that I'm closing on my first...
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The recent default of Houston apartment-building investor, Applesway Investment Group, has raised concerns about the impact of rising interest rates on real estate investments. The company borrowed nearly $230 million...
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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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I'm a newbie and have recently purchased 3 properties, all townhomes in Utah. Two are in southern Utah and will be vacation rentals which will cash flow really well. My third is a long term rental in northern Utah tha...
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I’m reading the book on long distance investing and it’s on the part about warzones and I’ve never heard of anyone having a great experience investing or managing property in those areas. I read the section 8 bible bo...
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Hi all, I’m almost in escrow with this single family home in LA with an un-permitted large ADU with a Certificate of occupancy. An architect told me that even though ADUs should not be bigger than 50% of the main hous...