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Hello BiggerPockets family!I just officially finished my first year as a real estate investor and I wanted to share a summary of what I did, what I experienced, and the lessons I learned. I hope this will be helpful f...
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Not sure if this is the appropriate forum as I'm still getting the lay of the land, but I'd love to hear some feedback from people who consider themselves to be more introverted. From an outsider, it seems the real e...
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I have investment properties with fixed rates of 3.375%, 4.5%, and 4.375%. There has been several six figures $$ in equity growth over the last several years, and my LTVs have recently been pushing 50%. I am looking t...
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I have a new construction home that my husband and I built in 2020. We are trying to decide if we should sell or rent. If we sell after living in it for 2 years we would make about a $800k return ($400k of this amount...
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The reason I ask is because I was listening to one of the podcasts here, and one of the guests said though he was from Southern California, his first investment was in Texas. So, though Denver is hot right now, would ...
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Hi everyone! Me and my fiance had to move to another state, and decided not to sell our townhouse, but instead try to rent it out. We hired a management company, to help us with this, since we have no experience and w...
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Hello BP my name is Kyle and I am possibly maybe could be interested in getting into Real Estate. Currently Live and work in Orange County Ca with a relatively successful career in finance. My only actual background...
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I just started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast about a week ago (due to this incoming windfall of cash that I initially didn't have a gameplan for) and I think I’ve powered through 20+ podcasts so far! I cannot...
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Hello!
I'll start out by saying that I'm brand new to real estate investment, so please feel free to dumb down any of your replies to my post... I'm still learning!
A little background: I'm very interes...