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Hi Everyone,Would love some advice from those of you who have been in my shoes before. I'm new to this and cramming education quickly. Im a young corporate sales professional with a large income (which we all know mea...
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Hi all!
Hope you're all having a brilliant holiday season with your friends and family!
Quick question for you all, as discussed in a previous post, I'm looking at wholesaling as a potential strategy for acquiring...
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Hi all, I am a first time real estate investor and bought a duplex back in Feb and was able to turn ithe around before the 2nd mortgage paymen, which I was pretty happy about. And if you would have asked me how things...
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I have a married couple prospective tenants that look ideal; credit scores above 800, previous homeowners, etc. Rent is $2400/mo so I require $7200/mo income. Husband is currently unemployed (due to COVID) and wife m...
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Hello fellow BPers. I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum. I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...
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"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."
Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...
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And by far, is income taxes. I know there are tremendous legal methods how to not pay income taxes, or to pay very little. Judge Learned Hand(his real name!) once said in a court case " it is the right of every Americ...
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Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...
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Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...
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How do we create housing that is affordable for the existing citizens of Birmingham and still make a profit? The current Revitalization is setting market rates far out of reach of most all Birmingham citizens with hou...