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I'm just starting out. I'm in Nashville and am interested in buy and hold small multi-family. Ideally I'd buy a duplex, live in one unit and rent the other to cover my living expenses. I'm keeping my 9-5. To put it ho...
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Hello BP Members,Sorry in advance for the long post.So, for some background: I have been diving headlong into the material of the site as well as books and other material to get started in REI. I have settled on the s...
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Hello BP community,I apologize if my post goes on and on. My name is Ashley. My hopes in joining BP is to get a network going of real estate investors who can help me as I begin my path in real estate investing (on t...
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Hey Everyone. My wife bought her house in Maryland in 2004. She used a downpayment assistance program through the county. I moved in, in 2010 and we got married in 2012. Last year, we decided to move to California...
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Hello!For the past couple of years I've had the itch to invest. In what? I didn't know for awhile but now I'm certain it should be real estate. Short term goals: Invest in my first home, invest in a rental property...
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Hello Everyone!My name is Luke and I’m currently in the USMC. I am going to be departing from the military in approx. a year and moving to Phoenix, AZ. I am looking for advice/constructive criticism on my current pla...
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I have about $10,000 cash that I could use on my first investments, but I have read some posts that mention leveraging other people's money is a better way to go. I'm looking for some opinions on this. We have about $...
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The situation is a little lengthy, but hear me out..I am purchasing my childhood home from my mother (my deceased father's rental prop) seller finance. Because she is my mom, I can have her deed the house to me so I c...