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I hope my subject line was clever enough. Hi I'm Aaron and this is my beginning story/success story. Sorry its long.I stumbled onto bigger pockets about 2 years ago maybe. For me the real estate interest started by wa...
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It was the topic of saving that got me started on a journey that eventually led me to be interested in real estate. It has been the cornerstone for me as I have followed the advice of the books I had read (like The se...
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I have a townhouse built in 1968 with all original windows and im looking to upgrade. Im currently taking bids for th job which comes out to be 26 windows in total and im finding there to be a large swing in the quote...
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Me: 2-4 units (including multiple houses on 1 lot)
Location: SF Bay Area; Richmond, Oakland
Why?
1) 30yr fixed rate financing. I plan on owning the "fix and hold" properties I buy for AT LEAST...
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It seems to me that BP has changed. I can’t put my finger on exactly when - but, I think it started about 3-5 years ago. Up until then, BP was filled with good stuff, real value, from real REI at all levels. The conte...
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The purpose of this posting is to give you Birddogs (Property Locator sounds better) a little help in getting started in the birddog world. I just want to outline your responsibilities as a birddog and how to avoid pi...
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Over the past few months I've become aware of Fund & Grow as a financing option (I heard about it on the Clayton Morris podcast), and I was really intrigued by it. Their promise: You give us $3K up front, we'll g...
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I always thought Keller Williams Realty recruiting tactics were cringeworthy and my opinion hasn't changed but, somehow, eXp Realty recruiting tactics are exponentially worse. A Realtor in my office was recently hit o...
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Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...
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Here are the details. I been in escrow for the last 5 months on a duplex in Los Angeles where I used the listing agent to represent me. I wanted the units delivered vacant and the realtor expressed to me that the sell...