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Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...
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Economic Update
(Monday, April 5, 2021)
Given the news from the labor, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, it's no surprise that “Consumer Confidence” in the U.S. has increased to the highest level since the b...
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In 2014 we looked at buying a 70 unit apartment building in north GA. It was our first "out of area" property in almost 5 years. (We had sworn never to do an "out of area" property again after failing miserably in St....
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I gotta say folks, I am really getting tired of Clayton Morris and his non stop attempts to censor all of those who allege that they were financially harmed when they worked with his company Morris Invest. This slimy ...
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STR in the Mount Snow VT area, I just started this fall, it is a family owned house. We are entering the peak rental season and so far I only have 2 bookings. If I can't increase the bookings enough to cover the expen...
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I am traveling this week and next. I was working in a hotel room yesterday (wow, that sounds bad) and checkout was noon. I ended up leaving at 12:06, not a huge deal, but I can see people still in the room at 12:15, 1...
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I have recently consulted with both WealthFactory and Wealthability regarding tax and wealth planning. Both programs are pretty expensive. One purports to teach you how to find good advisors and the other purports to ...
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Has anyone bought into and experienced the full-blown Success Path System? I have learned a lot, but not convinced on spending the money. As someone at the first steps, but anxious to get started, is it a scam or wor...
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How to avoid large loses in passive investments?
As important as due diligence, analysis, knowledge of the property type, track record of the syndicator, correctly predicting economic trends, and timing is, the numbe...
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I have a 2 story duplex in Tampa, Fl. I am looking to probably tear down (it's over 100 years old) and rebuild. This will be my first ground up construction. I got a quote for just doing the design and CAD without eng...