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Hello, I'm a 38 year old new construction plumber who has just moved back to CA from Hawaii. I lost my house in '08 and have started completely over. I live in Santa Rosa CA. and have almost paid all of my debt of...
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Howdy everybody, This is actually my very first post on here and I am completely new to real estate investing. I have invested much of my time learning how this whole ordeal works but, I still have a few thoughts that...
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Okay,please point me in the direction where there's the strategies,the been there done that stories of this chosen path to wealth.Quickly approaching that age now, hopefully there's a forum or group that addresses thi...
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So we are ready to get our first house and we have a schedule to have it completed in 8-10 weeks and on the market right after that. We have talked to our realtor we have a plan, everything laid out but I keep gettin...
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I'd like this thread to be a place where we compile a list of the major tax deductions available to a real estate investor. Since I do flips, I do not get the benefit of depreciation, but here are a couple of good on...
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Hello everyone-
not sure if this has been covered but I would like to know how long would one have to stay in said property to escape Capitol Gains and within what amount of profits?
Also if someone pays taxs throug...
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What are you doing to give back to the cities you make money in? I was proud to have a group of 10 local investors I know join early last Saturday morning to paint over graffiti in the East Lake neighborhood (all BP m...