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Hi BP,Just want to say thank you to the BP community for all the knowledge and confidence that you have provided. I started researching REI the first of this year and stumbled across BP. My wife and I decided that we ...
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Hello everyone!!!It is great to become part of this community to learn and help others with what I have learned. My name is Erik Oquendo. I am a USAF retiree. I graduated from NYU's real estate program this May'16....
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My rental property goal was 16 properties. And now I'm under contract on rental #16!It's a 3 bedroom, 1 bath property with a 2.5 car garage and partially fenced in yard located just 7 houses down from a rental I alrea...
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We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...
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2016 is almost here! So my question to all of you is, did you meet your 2015 goals and what are your 2016 goals?I personally did not reach my goal of 1 rental this year for various reasons but I am setting the same go...
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Hello BP,My name is Robert from Danvers, MA. I've had a passion for real estate investing for as long as I can remember. I was introduced to this site through a Google search a few months back. Since then I have been ...
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(I wanted to share my goals in this small blog, I know I can't be the only one going through this. Maybe I will start a blog on my progress this year! I know this community is very helpful and encouraging, thank you!)...
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Within the last couple of weeks, I have had quite a few people tell me that they absolutely hate their 9-5 day jobs and want to quit to then focus on their passion or rather growing passion in real estate. I decided t...
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Hello All,
My first day on Bigger Pockets. Looking to network with like minded professionals. We are a hedge fund in Manhattan. We have been buying, renovating, flipping properties nationwide for several years now. ...
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Hi Everyone,New to BP in the last year. Decided to take on a second career in real estate. I've done some decent research in the last year and am currently in the process of getting my real estate license here in Ar...