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Purchased my home in Hawthorne using a VA loan in Aug 2020 and now I’m renting out the home for $4000. Breaking even and not pocketing anything after HOA and insurance. My second home I purchased with a conventional l...
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Hi, I am newbie and am about to make an offer on a REO property. I plan to renovate while living in the house then either making it a rental or selling after a couple of years. The area is where I plan to buy and rent...
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I'm not enrolled in college, after high school I became a carpenter my finances looks like this as of now.Assets-Brokerage account 30kAnnuity Thru employer 10kW-2 income 3100$ take home monthly 0$ for my living situa...
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Hello All!
I am looking to begin investing in REITs as my access to capital for "direct" real estate purchases is very limited right now. Do you have any recommendations for REITs to invest in? Or information on whe...
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I want to scan my receipts, starting with this year, and store them on a jump drive. Any better way to do this... such as, should I keep them in folders by month.... by project.... by vendor (ie Home Depot stays t...
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Hi BP Community, I need some help validating the following:Realtors/Mortgage brokers are saying that now is the time to buy investments SFR or Small Multi-Family because when rates go down everyone will be buying. How...
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BP Community,
I wanted to share our latest success story since it’s a milestone in our real estate growth. But it’s important to provide the arc of our journey to give some context. We started land-lording ab...
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Hi All!
My name is Drew Clements, I currently live in Boulder, Colorado, but I'm just about ready to close on my first property - a duplex in Lafayette, Colorado. I run an online advertising agency (happy to answer q...
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You wanted it... Now it's here! BiggerPockets Publishing is pleased to announce that The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor is now available in paperback!And for a limited time only, you will ge...
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Here's a very interesting article that predicts massive job losses in 2009 will cause housing prices to continue to decline. That will mean that 2009 is a bad year to buy a house as the buyer could be upside down soo...