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https://chicagocitywire.com/st...More than 163,000 Cook County property taxpayers didn’t pay their
bills this year, according to an analysis of Cook County Treasurer
records by Chicago City Wire. That’s about 9 pe...
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Hello good people of Bigger Pockets!
My name is Paul. I've been interested in real estate investing for while now. I've been learning as much as possible in the last year while I work on a first deal.I have a general...
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Hello, When you are a property manager that has to have third-party contractors, what do you do to have them make you a priority? Contractors are notoriously busy, and when you have a limited amount of time to turn a ...
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Home sales will drop, the housing shortage could become the worst in U.S. history, and home values will shrink in some cities. That’s the 2020 forecast from realtor.com, which holds one of the largest databases of hou...
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Thirteen years ago today, @Joshua Dorkin created BiggerPockets. Sick of not finding the information he needed to properly invest in real estate, he was tired of making mistakes. Google wasn't much help, bringing back ...
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Hello BP Community!I have a rental property in Philadelphia which within the past year I just refinanced to reduce the term of the loan from 25 years to 15 years. This property was originally purchased as my primary...
I want to get into REI so that I can diversify out of the stock market. My wife is convinced that investing is a bad idea.Does anyone have an experience talking a spouse into not holding back?
Hi everyone I'm new here so sorry if this is kind of a drag. I am currentlly a high school student. My parents are well off people but work regular jobs in hopes of retiring at the usual 55-65 range. I came across the...
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Hello BP Community. I am asking for advice on how to break through analysis paralysis. I am a CA resident looking to invest OOS in MFH in the 100k range. I understand the process of building a team and knowing your ma...
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Hello BP community,I'm a 38 year old from Hood River (1 hour east of Portland), Oregon. I've been soaking in the BP site and podcasts for about a year now, and have finally signed-up. I began REI by moving primary r...