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Hey Everyone!I am looking into becoming a licensed real estate agent in Massachusetts and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on schools/programs. I am new to real estate investing and am looking for a goo...
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Hey Bigger Pockets Gang,I am elated to say I sold my first investment property last week, as an Agent/Owner nonetheless. Before I became an agent, a friend told me about bigger pockets, and I must have listened to 30...
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Hi BpersI live/invest in the Springfield MA area and this spring they are starting building MGM Grand Casino in the downtown area. Its suppose to rejuvenate the downtown area with shops/attractions and amenities ect....
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Hi all. I'm about to close on a city-owned property and now the title company is saying because the property came through in rem tax foreclosure, there is a 2 year right of redemption from the date the deed is recorde...
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Ok so I currently live in the Northern Virginia Area. I was introduced to REI about three years ago by a coworker. I have always though of the idea but he actually put a book infront of me and said read it. From there...
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I am going to use this thread to update everybody on my progress on a daily or weekly basis. My goal is to have feedback, encouragement, debate and constructive criticism. I had originally started a blog for this pu...
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We are buying a home in a non HOA neighborhood on June 1st. The neighborhood is very nice with 1980's homes right on a river. If some of the neighbors ever want to start a HOA, but we want nothing to do with it, can t...
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my son just started his carer in Naperville, ill just outside of Chicago. he can stay in the Chicago area or relocate to Cincinnati, oh. so our question is, is there an advantage to living in one area over the other a...
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Hi all - Sorry about the ridiculously long post. My close buddy is going through a situation where he's either going to have to walk away from his home, or to pay a $10,000 a month mortgage for a few years to get caug...