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First time posting! My wife and I are ready to begin our real estate investing journey (better late than never, right?) and are struggling to decide the best way to move forward. Let me give some background on our sit...
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I have a friend who is an experienced investor of a different era (started investing in the 50s). He has an interesting quote that he shared with me on the first occasion we met:"Whatever you do, don't personally guar...
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So I thought it would be cool to document my goal of buying 150 flip houses this and documenting my progress here for the BP community.
My reason for doing this is to help educate and encourage others, k...
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I’m trying to become an agent in the future because of my leverage from knowledge and pure passion for the industry. I keep talking to people like my family and friends about becoming a top producer, but I keep hearin...
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Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...
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I know people often refinance from a 30 year to a 15 if they can get a competitive rate that does not dramatically increase the monthly payment. I am looking at doing the opposite. I bought a property (my first) with ...