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I am curious how many of you guys own your own home? I ask because my focus for the past several years has been paying off the mortgage. Now that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel I can feel comfortabl...
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Hello.
My name is Michael, I'm at the ripe old age of 17 ,18 in a couple months, and I just graduated from High School. I have been sitting on the idea of getting into the real estate market for quite some time now....
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Hi,
First time landlord here, so be gentle.
I have completed the application processes with a tenant that is simply marginal. They had a previous broken lease with collections filed against them by a prior landlord...
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Hey BP,I'm on the hunt for my first investment property. Although I own one rental, it was originally our main residence and not intended to be a rental. I am focused on SFRs or small MFRs, particularly in the Winds...
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Hi all! I'm new to the real estate community. I live in Dublin, Ireland, and I'm currently trying to learn more about investing locally in multifamilies, as well as investing in the US market *from here.* Not easy. An...
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I'm a former realtor turned poker player turned headhunter and a Canadian turned American. I moved from Vancouver to northern New Jersey three years ago after marrying my beautiful Jersey girl (whom I met in a swimmin...
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Hello Everyone!I'm new to BiggerPockets or BP (as I read in some of the post). I just joined today and would like to formally introduce myself as suggested. I'm a newbie to Real Estate Investment (REI - I believe that...
I know a lot of the people on this forum always push for the purchase price o 70% ARV minus repairs/fees. But I live in San Francisco and it seems that fixers in the Bay Area still sell for very close to the market p...
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Real estate investing is one of the best ways to diversify a portfolio and make a little side cash. It’s one of the most stable markets there is, and you can leverage others’ money to make it happen.
According to CNN...
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Over the last decade or so, my wife and I have put together a nice little rental portfolio, we've really grown as landlords and property managers, and we have a nice little life that's just getting nicer. Net rental i...