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Hi everyone I am looking to get started in real estate investing and have been searching for my first buy and hold property. I live in the San Francisco bay area and it seems that it is pretty tough to find a cash flo...
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This is a long post, but I figured I would post my situation and a decision I am trying to make along with a spreadsheet I made to track financial independence. See link below. You should be able to copy and paste int...
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Hello Everyone,I just joined BP to learn about investing in the US from Canada. I am super new to real estate investing (never invested) so do not know where to start.I am primarily interested in cash flow properties ...
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I currently own a town-home in a great neighborhood that I purchased back in 2020. I am looking to start my real estate investing journey and my first thought is to utilize a HELOC on my primary residence, rent it out...
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Hi everyone!I'm Shai and I'm currently live outside of the US. We have a plan to relocate and Florida seems like a great investment opportunity with great warm weather.I am already investing in Pittsburgh PA so we wil...
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Hello BiggerPockets community,
I've been searching the internet lately, sifting through a multitude of deal analysis tools, Excel templates, proformas, and DCFs, all aimed at deciphering the viability of multifamily ...
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Hey everyone out there in BPland! I’m Brian Liddy. Currently I am in Eugene Oregon but that may change soon ...
I’m an anesthesiologist in a large multi site group contracted with a medium size community hospital. Sh...