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Hi all, its about time in introduce myself. I've been out here reading and learning when I can for about a year now.
My wife and I purchased our first rental 4 years ago, then we bought a second one 2.5 years ago.
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Hey Guys, my wife and I are wanting to get into the STR game and we live in the country of texas LOL; however, i do have some questions... 1. we have a strategy idea of 'airbnb-ing' the property in the summertime and...
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Good morning! Quick question: when did you know to take the plunge to go all in with your real estate investing from your normal job? Thank you,Grant
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Hello BP Community,This is my first post, so be gentle. My question is one of general strategy. Given the following choices which do you think is the smarter option for a 1st time home owner with REI aspirations.Opt...
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I have 4 solid candidates, which is making it hard for me to select:
A: Doctor (ending residency in a year at a major hospital) and engineer (working for a big high-tech company), moving from 40 miles away to be clos...
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Planing to remodel the 2 bathrooms in my house and then renting it out and buying another place I need to replace a tub and vanity in one bath and the shower and tile in the other Looking for advice from people ...
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I watched another board I was a member of turn completely negative. It drove long time members away. In fact, it got so bad they wiped it and started over, of course without a few clever folks who were asked not to ...
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I am looking all over the net for a reasonably priced service and the best I can come u with is around $87 /month for 100 minutes. This is for live answering.Anyone find or know of anything better? This really seems...
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I'm trying to decide if it would be a good idea or bad idea to sell my house, use the equity and my savings to put down a good down payment on a rental, and then rent for a little while until I build up savings again....
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The question is, how would the following scenario impact taxes when filing the tax return the following year?SCENARIOGrantor deeds homestead property worth maybe 20k to person A. After some time, person A finds that t...