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Hello BP!
My name is Gary. I have always had a dream of being a real estate investor, but until I started seriously looking into what it takes, I thought my goals were unattainable without massive cash reserves. Aft...
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Hello BP members!I am a recent Software Engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and have re-located to Dallas around the Bishop Arts District. I now work as a Software Developer for Fidelity Investments in We...
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Hello all, I'm new to BP and have been browsing for a few days. I live in Apopka FL, about 30 mins from Orlando. I started a mobile auto detailing business in 2007 which has grown quite well in the last decade. I don'...
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Hi, my name is Jason and BP is the best thing that has happened to me through hard times. I got sick and had to miss work for... 8 weeks now. Found BP about 3 weeks ago and I can't stop reading forums, watching YouTub...
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Take this for what it is worth!
I am not a seasoned investor. In fact I started just last August. Since then I have rehabbed a house, have 2 rental units, and have wholesaled a handful of houses. I have an offer o...
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Good morning/afternoon BP:
I think I'm about to fire my property manager. Please talk me off the ledge.
I hired a PM a couple of years ago on a referral from a co-worker. I was an out-of-state landlor...
seems like i'm getting less emails on replies in topics that i've posted in, and less new topics to comment in as well...does anyone else think it looks like activity has slowed down a bit lately? i could be wrong, b...
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Hello BP,
I was just wondering how many of you have told your boss and/or co-workers about your real estate business.
I have not mentioned real estate investing to anyone at work for many reasons. One ...
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I've read several of the blog's with regard to "house hacking" including @Scott Trench's experience with his first property as well as @Darren Sager's podcast on his duplex ventures, and I've decided this is the path ...
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On this thread I would like to know the opinions of professionals if a beginner or an investor with a few years experience wanting to make a living from real estate would be better off putting all of his energy into
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