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I'm very excited to start my real estate investing journey. I'm currently making the big decision of where to start though. I've heard places that states like Taxes, Ohio, Florida have great ROI and affordability. If ...
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Hi everyone,One of my goals in real estate is to not only house hack in the US, but house hack in Europe as well. I am in college right now and am hoping to get a remote job in the future where I can make this possibl...
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What's up BiggerPockets community! My name's Cameron and I'm a 17 year old high school senior from Fort Smith, Arkansas. I'm going to college next year at the University of Arkansas to study Investments and Securities...
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A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
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Is it just me or are about 25% of all real estate investors, also engineers? As an Engineer myself I could be biased but curious if anyone has insight. I know folks usually have professional background like IT, accoun...