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What does the surge in 2024 of newbies (inexperienced & making mistakes) doing creative financing purchases, mean for 2025? I think a new administration brings new ideas and new people. They may take an interest.S...
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Good Evening Bigger Pockets Community,I finally have some spare time, and would like to take the opportunity to share my latest "house hack". My wife and I are active duty Army officers and are currently stationed in ...
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One of our users, buyandselllv, posed the question:
Where to invest next?
He was interested in finding out about good areas to look at to find rental property. I realize it is a broad question, but wanted to re-pos...
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Hello,I am a beginner and would appreciate guidance from experienced advisors on what is a good strategy for real estate. Flipping VS rent and hold for say 4-5 years. Is flipping comparable to day trading in stocks ...
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Hi everyone,
I've got about 100K to invest in a downpayment and am looking for long term buy and hold opportunities in Northern California. The Bay Area is expensive, and although you might have a better cha...
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Hi all,
First post, but have lurked for years. Amazing community.
I am selling a vacant parcel of land that will yield roughly $1M in proceeds. I am planning to do a 1031 to avoid capital gains.
I have developed se...
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I'm located in Northern California with in a hour of both the Carr fire and Camp fire. Both really divesting and pretty tough on the local communities. Me being a newbie and what I have seen is some interesting tren...
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I'm looking to buy my first rental property and I just got pre approved for a conventional loan for 100,000$ through a recommended broker in the area. Everywhere I look online I see interest rates ranging from 3% to 5...
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Hey guys, i'll need a advise on whether or not to go ahead with this deal:
4bed/3baths, 5 Acre lot.
HUD Insured escrow & approves FHA finance. I assume condition of house is not that bad, i am not a...
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Happy Monday! I’m still a newbie in real estate investing, I would like to know what the senior Real Estate investors think about this. When it comes to investing, do you go for cash flow over appreciation or apprecia...