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Hello, I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad in my 30s and I thought I would be in real estate by 40. Fast forward 10 years later I have yet to invest in real estate. Lurked around BP site for the past year, have listened to ...
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Hi all, I know it has been about a month since I have been on. Had some medical issues (all fixed).
I am still sitting on 4 properties and getting very discouraged. I made the classic beginner mistakes and am hop...
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Hello All, The commercial RE forum seemed like the best place to post this.I just wanted to share before and after pics of our first bar/restaurant build out! This is our first project and we have certainly learned a...
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Hi Everyone, this is my first property purchased and I am new to being a landlord so would really appreciate any advice here.
I purchased a property with a tenant in the unit back in October and worked with a lawyer ...
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A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
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Given that there is such a liquid market of buyers online I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the commission paid to Realtors. A 6% commission has always seemed scandalously high to me given the typical amo...
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Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...
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I don’t mean to burst peoples’ bubbles here, but in my opinion, most investors on BiggerPockets won’t get to a place where they can replace all their monthly income with the cash flow of their properties. Some will. B...
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This is continuation of my first post 7 months ago about my love for STR (short term furnished rental) when I started with just 2 Airbnb listingshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/552...Now, I'm at 6 total...
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Just got a call in Indiana from a lady whose kid has a pit as a "service" dog. Thoughts on this? Can I still discriminate against the breed as I normally do with pits, rotts and so on even if they have papers?