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Hi all-A little about me:My name is Mike, from San Diego but currently live in Hermosa Beach, California. I work in Tech and have a great W2 job but want to really learn more about real estate investing to diversify m...
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Hello all!
My name is Derek Kruse and I am from the Minneapolis-St. Paul/Western Wisconsin Area. At the end of this month I will be retiring from law enforcement after 9 years due to an injury in the line of duty. So...
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Hi everyone. My business partner (ok, let's be honest, my girlfriend) and I started Desert Garden Properties, LLC, and bought two houses. Well, we only meant to buy one, but that's another story. Why the profile pictu...
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Howdy y'all!I’m kind of new to this all. I sign up for this all in 2019 for this is the first time I’ve logged in.
I bought a place in 2018, remodeled and sold in 2022 and chased my dream of 20 years of moving t...
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Greetings! I live in the Rochester, NY area and am trying to begin my journey in real estate investing. I am interested in multi family long term holds and BRRRRs. The market has been very difficult to enter the last ...
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Hello All,My name is William Mitchell and I live in Gilbert Arizona. I am a complete newbie when it comes to real estate but after listening to 8 episodes of the Bigger Pockets Podcast in the last week I think I may h...
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Hello Everyone,I'm new to real estate and currently trying to absorb as much information as I can about the various types of real estate investment strategies. The strategies that most interest me currently are house ...
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I'll try to make this short, I'm about to venture into my first flip, property is $58000, rehab costs $50,000, arv $180,000. My liquid funds are extremely limited so finally I found a hard money lender that will fund ...
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Excited to be a part of the BiggerPockets family and working towards my why plus financial freedom. Looking forward learning so much and collaborating.
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Hello BP community!My name is Elvin Garcia from Westchester County, NY and I am brand new to the BP community. I am new to the exciting world of real estate investing. For the past 6 months I have read books, online b...