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I have ready many, many opinions on the topic, but never one with my specific scenario, of course. I would love to hear some opinions on what others would do in my shoes. I'm a 36 year old in the Clearwater, FL area. ...
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Hi BP folks,I will be as brief as I can be and expand in subsequent comments as necessary. I am 25 years old, still living at home (with parents), college graduate (wonderful student loans), and looking to invest in m...
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Hi everyone, my wife and I are looking to get our first investment property and have a down payment for a budget from around 450K, our first thought was to get a buy and hold in the Malden, Melrose, Woburn area which ...
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I want to assign contracts in Texas. Are there title companies that allow assignment contracts? Does anybody know what the guidelines are in Texas? Is it even possible? I have a property ready to be tied up, but I don...
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We are 2 years into rentals and are considering renting to a spanish couple that have been here over 20 years, have fin numbers and are gainfully employed. The husband has applied for a green card. the wife has not. W...
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I know many don't really care about banking situation in our country. A couple sobering thoughts for those paying any attention.
1.http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283688 FDIC lost money for first time since 1991...
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Fair warning, this is a long post where I share my REI journey and I'd like to thank all of the BiggerPockets community for the support they have provided along the way!Hello! My name is Jacob Allen and I wanted to w...
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Hello my name is Irma and my husband and I purchased two 5 acre blocks 10 years ago as an investment. Now that they are paid off, I'd like to know what I should do with them. We are living in interesting times around ...
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I have been interested in real estate investment for 9 plus years, but have never been in a position financially to make it work. This year I decided I was going to make the jump into real estate investing and met wit...
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I just read this article about NPNs:https://papersourceuniversity.com/the-dirty-little...Some of you may already be familiar with this article, but it's something that has always bothered me. One school of thought is,...