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I was just wondering what everybody's education or background is? seems that a large percentage of you folks have some type of formal "business" or finance education, or come directly from the world of Real Estate?
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I mentioned in a separate post over a year ago that I had bought some tax liens through PIP East and was hopeful on the prospect of obtaining a property that way. My experience was an example of "be careful what you w...
Here is a big pro tip:
Stop buying on the MLS. It’s too expensive! There is a process called "Buying Off Market". Where do you think all of those properties on the MLS come from? They were "off market" until they wer...
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Say I am an accredited investor and I want to allocate $500k for a type of investment that should be capital preserving; completely passive; and generates $100k annually in income. In general that's a tough row to ho...
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In my city, our probate leads are published in the newspaper at the same time each month. I am finding that even in some big cities, folks are still having to trek down to the courthouse.
I was wondering, where all o...
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I've seen so many forum posts advising NOT to give any money to contractors upfront - because so many people have been ripped off by contractors. I've seen many responses from contractors, saying they've got to buy ma...
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Hello bp subscribers. My wife and I are brand new to the real estate investing world, and are looking @ all of our options for financing out first property, and one of them is possibly taking from my employee based 40...
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Hi BP Community!Would love to get your guidance as I think this might be my very first deal. -FSBO priced at $80K (free and clear)-Owner is an elderly man who purchased the lot for $60K nearly 20 years ago through a f...
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I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...
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My recent BPO from WaMu was a drive-by, they didn't check the inside of the home.
I've been told that the next one will also be a drive-by...they don't reveal when it will be done, and there's no appointment set beca...