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The story you are about to read has transpired over the past 6-8 months. There are areas in which I made mistakes and contractors made mistakes. This is completely factual, and, looking back on it, was a great learnin...
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Hi Everyone, I've been a lurker on BP for while, hoping to get into flips and rehabs in the Southeastern Michigan market. My brother and some of his friends have had some success flipping in the last few years and I w...
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Well, I crossed over the threshold from being an owner occupant to being an actual investor. Due to this whole covid thing my job laid off 90% of the company. I happened to be one those lucky few who lost my job. A...
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I sent out one letter, made one offer that I thought was crazy, and bought a house! My letter campaign is batting 1000...
Seller called me from an ad I ran in the local pennysaver. Seller owned the house free and cle...
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I am in the process of taking the Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course in preparation for taking the Licensing Exam. What books/podcasts do you recommend as I try and learn as much as possible about how to be successful i...
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Hi,
I'm Tyco from Minneapolis, male, 34 years old. I want to get into the real estate game and stop with the 9 to 5. I'm wondering if my plan is the wrong plan. I bought owner occupied house in a nice suburb of...
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Hello bigger pockets family
I am thinking getting into real estate. Is it possible to do while still having a 9 to 5 and plenty of family commitments leaving little free time and energy. My original thought was multi...
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I've been working on starting a flipping business. I have a business plan and have been doing my research on properties both buying and selling and am very confident this is a good market here in East Texas. My concer...
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Greetings - I'm new to BiggerPockets.The subject says it all - Sitting on $300,000 Equity - Just lost job - Sell? Rent? Job?I'm 55 years old and need to create my own retirement plan. I have no pension and IRA.Should...
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Hope everyone is having the best time ever.
I would like to share a thought I had about the trifecta to look for when hiring a good GC for your flips; Quality work; get the job done in your time frame and within bud...