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Greetings! My name is Curtis York. I am 23 years old. I was referred to the Bigger Pockets website and podcast from a friend and mentor who is looking to begin investing as well. My grandparents were flippers who rent...
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Hey everyone. I'm taking time to reintroduce myself. I started my journey in RI about a year ago. I was new, excited, impatient, and highly inexperienced. I barely had anything saved up to begin investing with, and ho...
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I've been talking to a few people about this recently, but I would love to poll a larger group.For those of you who have invested out of state - which market did you decide to invest in, and why did you choose that ma...
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Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
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Who else has been able to leave their job and have freedom in their life from owning vacation rentals listing on Airbnb and Homeaway? I live in Branson, MO and love my business. Who else is out there?
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I was just wondering how everyone started their endeavors into the Real Estate world. How old were you, what was your first deal, and just what brought you into Real Estate. Just thought this might be interesting fo...
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Trying to find our first tenants. We have found a couple that we like, however the husband has an eviction from an apartment in 2008. I have heard some say that if a person has ANY evictions they would not rent to the...
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Hi Everyone! I have a rental property with the following details:210k loan balance $2500/month rent$6000/yr in income after PITI and costs todayIf I pay off the remaining balance on the loan, I will have over 10% cash...
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Hi All, Wanted to start a discussion on peoples outlook on the real estate market and the economy in general. I know it is a controversial topic but I have not seen many discussions on BiggerPocket on this topic and I...
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A few years ago one of the investors who had multiple properties in Manhatan Beach CA, then Phoenix AZ, who has been doing it for 30-40 years told me: " A property does not really cash flow till its paid off"Honestly,...