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I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...
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Hello!A friend and I have recently begun sitting down with people who identify as “Happy”, and trying to find out what that means to them. It made me curious, as a part of the biggerpockets community, how real estate ...
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After 15 years of experience in property management in Orlando and Central Florida our team has settled on the following conclusion:
There are two types of investors and two types of property management companies, ...
Washington state is has banned smoking in public places. Now we have a large county attempting to ban smoking in private residences. While, I'm sure that smoking is bad for ones health. There are many other things ...
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The September 2022 report from the Austin Board of Realtors shows the Austin metro market continuing to normalize in response to high inflation, mortgage rates approaching 7%, and a possible recession in the US. Here ...
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Since Socialism is the hot topic of the day, I would like to ask folks an honest question.
If you are a conservative, how are you able to support a war in Iraq with such a large price tag, yet be so against helping o...
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Hello, After reading books( rich dad poor dad, etc) , and listening to BP, I've decided I really want to get my life on a path of financial freedom, and free of my restrictive parents. My goal is to have my first prop...
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Hi everyone! I am so impressed by the wealth of information on this site. I wanted to introduce myself, share my story and hope to network and learn from many of you in this group.Professionally, I've been a Registe...
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Me and my wife have lived in our home for almost about a year and a half. We have gained quite a bit of equity in our home and are wanting to move into a larger home. We have found out that since we haven't lived th...
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We had a long term tenant move out in early November. They left the house in such a poor state that it took me over two months to effect all the repairs. We also live 45 miles away from the property, so I had to make ...