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Hey there, BiggerPockets!Your forums look a little different today, don't they? We've made a few changes - and we're REALLY excited about them!First off, we've cleaned up the interface and put the content of the posts...
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Honest question, why lockup your money in real estate when over the past decade crypto (bitcoin) has better returns and you can now earn passive income and are much more liquid than buying a home? I am moving more an...
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Hey guys, I've been a full time real estate agent for several years now and up until this year that has always been my primary income. However this year I focused more time flipping properties than selling real estate...
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I was shocked, when I read a statistics about the level of success in the real estate investment industry. According to the information I read, only 5% of would be investors actually buy something. Does that mean, 95%...
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I have bid & won more HUD homes for my investors than I can count, and I use a strategy that I have been hoarding all to myself for several years. A few of you may already have an inside track and are familiar wit...
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I have read through a lot of forum post about the topic of wholesaling (the latest by @Brittany Witt) and it seems like the argument of wholesaling being legal/illegal could be squashed once and for all by getting you...
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This is a monologue, but I'm interested to see reactions. I've been mulling over a number of high level things, and think that economic reality in 2022 is very different than people (media, left, right, etc.) perceive...
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Just received news that I am not permitted by the city to purchase another property due to the affordable housing covenant im contracted under. Not the news I was hoping for and this will severely impact the financing...
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Hi all!So I've been talking with my wife about the benefits to real estate investing vs. other forms of investing (stocks, bonds, annuities, etc.). She leans very much towards those forms of investing because it is wh...
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I remember hearing people in 2017 and 2018 saying that they were going to wait on the sidelines until it was a good time to buy again. We all know that properties kept going up until mid 2022. Then in 2022 that said t...