Hello Everyone! I am new to Bigger Pockets but am very interested and excited to begin my real estate journey. I would like to get started by doing a house hack in Baltimore City. I currently rent in Baltimore City an...
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As a goal setting exercise and to be sure I'm focusing my education in the right areas I'd love your input on the following:I'm seeking 350k+/year in net passive income. How would you design the portfolio? What exact...
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Would or have you done a cash out refi at these low rates to just have the money in the bank waiting on a market correction?
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So I run a full time mortgage business, and even though I’m in an industry connected to Real Estate; I just don’t have the time to become an active investor.My days are long and I’ve got a couple young kiddos at home,...
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So I'm considering retaining an attorney to create a Wyoming Irrevocable Trust to protect some of my assets.
My rental properties are mortgaged so I can't put them in there, but I want to put money in an account in t...
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I have no intrinsic interest in real estate. My interests, in order, are:
1. capital preservation
2. stable returns
3. yield
So why am I here? Because I think unleveraged residential rental real estate in middl...
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BP Fam, thanks in advance for your help with this situation. I'm in escrow on a duplex, my credit score is high 750+, I'm a W2 employee, and I plan on keeping this duplex for more than 10 years. With all the speculati...
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My contractor mismanaged his employees and subs and got behind financially on his most recent project with me. He is concerned that he can't get the project done without a loan or "pay day advance on future projects"....
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My wife and I are currently starting out real estate journey. 1.5 years ago we bought a dental practice, and last year we purchased our dental office building priced at around $2M with $500k in equity. We currently ma...
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I often seen discussion in BP that the house price is too high, there will be next crash coming. I am curious what people would do if you have $1m available at this time? Will you hold cash to wait for downturn so you...