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As a former Active Duty Army Officer, I had the opportunity to invest in properties throughout the southeast since 2008. After reflection, there is one highlight that sticks out since that timeframe, my properties ha...
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Hey everyone. I've been listening to the BP podcast for a while now and decided it's time to start getting myself educated a bit more here in the forums. I'm a retired Pastor who is now an online entrepreneur, running...
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Is it a good idea to purchase non-performing notes?
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Hi BP,Just like most people who post on here, I think I'm always right. Recently, I've been thinking about it and I've decided I'd like to benchmark my investments against the thoughts of others and see how I fare. I'...
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Good Evening!I wanted to start a thread for active duty and retired investors. How did everyone start and how did everyone conduct their investing while in the military, during training, overseas, etc. I have about a ...
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Hi everyone! I’m hoping to get some advice as a complete newbie to REI. My family owns a 3BR condo and we’re planning to downsize to a 2BD condo. This would leave us with about 300k surplus cash.
I have been readi...
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I keep coming across posters asking for advice on how to “scale” their investment or business activities. What they’re missing is that they first need to ask “Is my business / investment process scalable? Here’s, th...
We bought a home on the Oregon Coast that was an active STR. It hadn't had any updates in a long time, we are going through and picking them off one by one. We've swapped out the old 40 gallon hot water tank (for a ...
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Im looking into building a multiunit in my area.I would like to know what a good price to expect per square footage for a simple build.
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I did plenty of residential investments and loans with online lenders. But doing first true commercial loan for a retail building (1.5M loan with 75LTV) can be a different experience due to different qualification pro...