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Hi everyone,
I wanted to introduce myself and give a brief background on my real estate investment journey so far. A couple of years ago I graduated from college and entered the financial planning industry, and duri...
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Hello BiggerPockets community,
My wife and I have a combined W-2 income of approximately $550K, supplemented by $100K in stock grants annually. The income distribution is roughly 60/40 between us. We’re long-term ren...
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I'm a Property Manager in Honolulu, currently managing approximately 300 units, mostly residential although some commercial strips. Originally I am from the midwest, where I managed closer to 800 units, and actually s...
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I'm reading a lot of papers today? I worry when Greece comes to meet with our president about economies. What did we give Greece this time? Greece spends more servicing its' debt than its GDP. Unfortunately, we're o...
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If you had a pot of money you have to invest that you needed to live off of for decades, how would you invest it? "Conventional wisdom", modern portfolio theory, and the typical asset allocation of high net worth indi...
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I thought I'd share this information from Black Knight Financial:December 22, 2022 Data & Analytics
Prepayment activity in November dropped 15.6% to a single month mortality (SMM) rate of 0.40% – once again marki...
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I've had a few clients over the years come to me and ask me to setup a sale for off market listings. I've rarely had them work out. Does anyone have a good suggestion on how to approach a seller? I was thinking thi...
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Currently I am working in the Middle East as a government contractor with aspirations of diving into the many areas of real estate investing very soon. While I understand that my presence is needed for a large major...
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Hi BP community!BP helped me to establish myself as an investor and I decided to go all in and got WA Real Estate license. I updated my profile to Real Estate Agent and when searching for an Agent in Seattle I get onl...
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Hi all,My spouse and I have a couple of LTR properties in GA but we work and live out of state. We have never hired CPA before (we always used Turb*Tax, but i think it's time), so bear with me for I have a very eleme...