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Over the past six years of slowly growing my portfolio I have gotten to the point of my very lean F.I. number. We haven't spent a dime of our rental income since I started and have just reinvested to 13 LTR's and stil...
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Hello Bigger Pockets I have been a member for a few years on and off while reading a lot of messages making contacts. A lot of good information has come my way and I am now more excited than ever to say I am jumping i...
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My business partner @Ben Mizes and I are bringing on a GC to help us rehab a 140 sq ft kitchen. Here's a floorplan: We're planning to remove the yellow counter on the left, and put in a new fridge there. We will repla...
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I plan on adding a paved patio to our home, which would count as a capital improvement. Estimates hover around $30K. I priced the materials at around $5K. If I do the work myself, can I somehow claim $30K when it come...
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For labor we were thinking of using our business checking account to wire money or even use Venmo through our business account.For things such as furnace, flooring, paint, lighting, etc. we were thinking of using our ...
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Greetings BP Fam, getting the gist on how to run my numbers when it comes to FIX & FLIPS. Im wondering whats a great way to learn the cost of materials and labor AS WELL AS my finance cost when it comes to HML an...
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Hi, for a newbie who just starting out, no job, no house, no asset, not much cash in pocket... I would like to know how the other guys who started out in this kinda situation make it?
Any experience to share? :cry:
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I'll try to keep this brief to some degree. I own a few single family homes, I make fairly decent passive income, but I am bored out of my mind. Perhaps it's an issue for my counselor, not BP, but I saw there was a ...
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We started investing 5 years ago… and we’re really proud of our accomplishments so far. In 5 years we went from being tenants to owning our residence plus 19 rental doors! Both my husband and I still have our ful...
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First of all, I want to thank BiggerPockets and J Scott for teaming up and creating 2 fantastic books on flipping properties. I highly recommend people check them out if they haven't already. I'm just starting "Th...