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Hi all, I’m a newbie investor and looking into my first real estate opportunity.I came across Akron, does anyone have any insights on the market there? any tips / alternatives? Thanks!
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[RANT] My tentants (1 college student + 2 young working professionals) were tired of waiting for my plumber to fix a sewage smell - it took a series of months to complete root cause analysis, so they took matters into...
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Legal and illegal money. Where do we draw the line or where should the line be drawn for us? I have plenty of friends using money to fund their projects and really, have no idea where the funds are coming from. Lender...
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With all what is going on in the online business and e-commerce. There is a huge move in the product business to online sales. That will create a huge loss of business for retailers and offices spaces are getting empt...
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Hi All – My first post..fair warning, this may be long. I wanted to
start by saying I really appreciate all of the questions and honest
feedback that I have seen in this community. It is shocking to see so
many i...
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Hello Biggerpockets members. I am pretty new to real estate investing but have been a Biggerpockets member for ~1.5yrs now. Like most I've read countless forum posts (thanks to all the contributors!), listen to the po...
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Hello! I just joined Bigger Pockets and am not 100% sure how to use the forum. I own a home in Upstate, NY that has 3 rental units in it. I bought it 17 years ago and had zero idea what I was doing, somehow it worked ...
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I was thinking about owner financing a property to a buyer and I need some help please to figure out if this is a good deal or not.I paid $235,000 for the home. Here would be the terms with the buyer:Sales Price: $315...
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Hello Everyone,I'm toying with an idea that I had today and was wondering if the forum would help me shoot holes in it. I'm thinking about a family syndication that would allow the parents (my parents and their sibli...
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Hello all!
I figured my first post should be in the introduction, so here goes:
My name is Erik Pedersen I am 24 years old and I currently live in a basement in Bayonne, NJ.
Sounds bad, but this is actually my fi...