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Hello BP Community,I am trying to decide if I should start a corporation before buying my first investment property.I live in Toronto and am looking to invest in Alberta. I have decided to partner up with another inve...
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I got married last year on Halloween eve after not even knowing the girl 3 months.. the first month of the relationship was wonderful i was working in west texas building a gas plant and she was my camper wife.. but i...
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I live in San Diego and am currently trying to figure out how to get my first rental property. As of last year year we own a condo. The original plan was to live in the condo for 5 years and then rent it out so we cou...
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Hi there! I was going to start investing this year and then got laid off due to COVID, so I don't have the income to qualify for a loan even though I've got a down payment saved up. I need to get a new job, but I'm ho...
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Hello BP network. I am in the Philly area, and I am looking to help someone, and learn. I have been laid off from my job since July 1 and currently working my own 1099 Life Insurance business but am working to trans...
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Hello BP friends, My wife and I have always had it in our vision to end up in some capacity in REI. We live in the North Fort worth/Keller TX area or locally known as (Alliance center). I recently worked in the Oil/na...
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Was laid off yesterday through a reduction-in-workforce at an Oil & Gas company.Did some math, and after cutting house cleaning and childcare expenses, I need to bring in $30,000 in after-tax rental income (deprec...
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I negotiated with a seller and got him to finance 20% of the purchase price on a 12-unit building and had the Bank do an 80% LTV which allowed me to retain all of my operating capital. It was a little nerve racking bu...
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Hi there!I am James Tankou, resident of Austin, TX. I am interesting in the real estate business, especially in how to flip houses with no money down. I was recently laid off and I started to go over the things that I...
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Hi BP forum,I am an aspiring real estate investor. I have listened to countless episodes of the various podcasts, read several BP books (Set For Life, Book on Rental Property Investing, First Time Homebuyer, and curre...