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Has anyone used Western Union for a wire transfer for a closing? I normally would not use them but my HELOC is at a bank that does not have a branch in my state and I would have to go to a branch in person to initiat...
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Hello,My name is Jacob Karcher, and I'm a 21 year old college student at the University of Houston (UH) studying Marketing. I've always been very interested in REI and RE in general but my RE background is fairly limi...
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Hello BP members! It's a pleasure to join this community and I am excited to network with all of you! Like most members, I'm here to source knowledge and build wealth through REI. My name is Mike Ventura and I am from...
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Hi everyone. I'm Christopher F Settipani from Richmond Hill, Queens, NY. I was born in Queens, spent most of my teenage years our in East Northport (Suffolk), NY, and decided suburbia was not for me and headed back to...
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Good afternoon - I am 49 and work a good day job, but my passion has always been to build a multifamily investment business. Has anyone ever started at my age, with basically nothing but a desire to get it done?
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I talk with real estate investors almost every day, and the number one question they ask is, “How can I leave my W-2 or at least become work optional through passive investing in real estate?” I’ll cover a simple but...
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Hello, everyone!Quick introduction of myself.Start with my profile - my real estate experience is outlined there, a thumb-nail sketch, really.A little more about me...I'm still working a W2 position as a system progra...
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Happy Thanksgiving, first of all - hope you took it to heart!Now, many of you are here because you are looking for a better (or any) way to retire. Good! But, please try to not forget that all of this is just a game, ...
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Hey everyone I'm so glad to have discovered BiggerPockets, this is pretty legit! So I wanted to share a bit of my story how I started and where I'm at today. At age 19 i got my first real job as an industrial painter....
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Jacksonville.
Purchase price: $80,000
Cash invested: $25,000
We bought our first small multi-family duplex in late 2018. ...