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Chicago, born and raised, currently reside in the in Lincoln Square area. New to real estate and looking to network/connect with individuals (throughout Illinois and surrounding states) as I prepare to purchase my fir...
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Hello Biggerpockets Community!My name is Marty Anderson, and as the title suggests, I am a newbie from Milwaukee looking to break into REI. I am new to the forums, but have been educating myself through the BP podca...
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Hi Bigger Pocket-ers, I know I'm supposed to introduce myself to the community as I start meeting new people and giving and receiving advice so here it goes: I began my real estate career as a real estate lawyer with ...
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Hi all - I'm a young owner of a revenue positive SaaS company.Looking to sharpen my skills in residential real estate out of natural curiosity.Hewitt
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hello!My wife and I have been reading books recommended on BP, listening to podcasts, and looking into real estate for a while now. We have accrued substantial savings, and closed on a deal which turned out to be grea...
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Hello. My name is Boone and I live in a small town. I admit that I was slightly concerned about telling some about me because I was not sure how some people would take with someone as young as I am being here. But I a...
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Caught this in the back of page of the WSJ. This will have some real impact on those of us in the vacation rental space. Specifically, due to the pressure from city, state and local associations, the VR model is a...
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Hello, I am looking for input from those who have used online rental payment applications for their tenants to pay their rent. I am looking into Innago, Avail, apartments.com, a few others. Ideally I am looking for ...
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Hello All,
First, I'd like to introduce myself as I am fairly new to BP and this is my first post on the site. My name is David Schaefer, I'm 36 years old and currently live in the Boise, ID area. For the past 7 year...
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Is cold calling your direct mail list beneficial?If you are a real estate investor or any realtor, then it is always recommended to cold call the direct mail list. This is very much essential as well as effective to s...