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Hello BP Friends - Not sure where to post this, and looking for feedback. We are a couple of newbies ages 50 and 54, residing in NYC, and have been advised by an experienced investor (from BP) that we're too old to be...
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I had started a forum earlier regarding high income investor and some recommendations that might work for someone like me who has little time but good income. I am a physician looking for passive investment at least i...
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Hi all,I purchased a 3 bed, 2 bath condo in Oceanside, CA with a VA loan for 0 down in 2017 for $336,000. My mortgage rate is 2.75%, I owe 300K on the property, and the unit right next to me just sold for $530K a few...
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I am considering loaning money in a situation where I would be getting 35-40% of the profit and also a preferred interest rate on my money. This would more so be a partner situation so not lending to stri...
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I have 18 rental properties Free and Clear bringing in 18K a month and worth around $1.6 million. I happily manage them myself but I want to retire in 7 years at the ripe old age of 55. How do I do this?
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I as reading about some technical signals in the stock market, specifically the 'Hindenburg Omen', and started thinking about the state of our economy, inflation, the markets, and how I'm managing my money. Of course...
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I'll never understand why 99% of the time people have negative responses when I tell them I am trying to get into real estate and rental properties. I mean literally every time I tell someone about it I get one of th...
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So I'm a fan of MF investing.. I've been looking at traditional financing with 25% down (it sucks I know but I've saved and don't know of better options currently) and I've even considered going FHA at 3% IF I could f...
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I fully understand trying to time the market is not generally a good idea, however, do down markets open up opportunities for buying land and building? I would assume that non-income producing assets (vacant land) wou...
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Read through the forums but looking for current advice on a strong argument for choosing rentals over non-qualified stocks over the long term. The biggest differences I can see would be the rental 1031 to avoid taxes ...