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I'm a in a great spot, yet somewhat stagnant. Like many others here I feel the market is pretty expensive right now and that a correction is near. I own a small house in Santa Barbara, CA that now has about .5 mil of...
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Happy Friday BP Nation!I am still very new to the world of real estate investing but I think I’m going to go down the path of buying, holding and renting. Now I talk with my fiance about this and she immediately bring...
Basic info about me:22 years old150,000 in bank to spend on real estate4 year electrician in alberta oilfield(I hate my job, and am quitting after 3 months) will be working as a painter once I get my electrical ticket...
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Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...
Much of the advice I read says the best way to start investing is to live in your first home so that you can go FHA, making it a little easier to get started (lower down payment).My situation is unique in that my boyf...
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So, I'll preface this with the fact that I admittedly didn't handle this famously from the start, and my re-evaluation is, in part, evaluating parts of this issue that I really should have looked into before I got inv...