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I started last year and I have 5 units in Phoenix area and couple of primary (bought in 2014) and secondary home (bought in 2021) in Seattle which is where I am based. Phoenix is getting more and more expensive and nu...
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Okay everyone, here we go...I'm sure that given my extensive business experience and background I'll have much more to contribute as we go along, but today is my first conversation with the Bigger Pockets community, s...
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Hello everyone! My name is Seth Davis. I introduced myself earlier in the newbie forum. Feel free to hop over there and read my post if you have time. I have recently decided to pursue a new passion of mine which ...
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Recently, I have heard more talk of people investing in contracts for deeds that are non performing. I haven't seen these type of notes offered on the traditional platforms and I was wondering who sells these type of...
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I have an SFH and a duplex as rentals, both with mortgages in my name. I want to protect myself and my family from lawsuits and was told by a friend to start an LLC and transfer the properties into that LLC. Since I h...
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Aloha Everyone thanks in advance for reading. I have decided to move forward with my interest in REI and want to explore out of state options. The first logical step for me was to analyze markets and then choose one b...
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Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
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I have been looking around at multi-family investment properties in gentrifying areas of Los Angeles. I received the email below which is representative of feedback I've received from many brokers in this area. Are RE...
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Please share your "Why?"
Here's mine: Personally, I believe in real estate investing because I don't believe in job security.
This has been my experience...I have worked since I was 15 years old, mostly for small b...