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Im new to the BP community and I'm about to lock in my first rental property. I would appreciate any tips for the first time investor for a buy and hold.
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Greetings - My name is Whitney McClary. I currently work in San Francisco for a tech company in business development/sales. I have been educating myself through the podcast, forums and books the past couple of months ...
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Hey there, BiggerPocketeers!We continue to make changes to the site to make it easier for you to use. Our latest update is the Company Profile. We've redesigned it to look more like the Member Profile, with a few diff...
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Hello B.P. I found B.P. From an Internet search and have been hooked ever since. I currently listen to PodCast shows every day. I enjoy the relaxed attempts to bring experience and knowledge from many different areas ...
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Good evening!I am currently in the processes of getting my real estate license and don't have accesses to the MLS, despite this I still want to practice doing comps on housing in my area to better understand what make...
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It is a wild world down here. We are putting an addition on our house. We pulled the permit and will be doing a lot of the work ourselves to hold down the costs, but hired a shell contractor to build the shell. Bec...
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I was approached by an investor named James Holloway on Instagram offering one on one coaching. I would like to see if anyone can vouch for him before I start working with him. I just don't want to be blindsided.Any h...
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We are looking at those 3 areas, because my husband is a golfer, and they have reasonably priced golf on these islands. Any opinions on the ease of renting out a place in these areas, or other problems? I appreciate t...
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Hi,We are buying a part of the commercial land (in a big commercial space) in prosper, TX. We have options to design the multi-retail space as 11000 sqft with 72 parking spaces or 13000 with 60 parking space in 1.4 ac...
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I am in planning phase for a cottage style small resorts in California. Planning to use OSB SIP building for small units of size 900 sq: ft, primarily for fast build and energy efficiency. Sourcing directly from China...