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As many of us have come to find out in real estate investing, our ability to grow a real estate portfolio is highly dependent upon our ability to leverage our money. Or, in other words, use others people’s money to ma...
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Hello, bigger pockets.
My name is Eric Kartman, I am 21, and I'm from Fort Wayne, IN. Recently over the last month or so been listening to the bp podcast religiously, reading up on the beginners guide/blog/forums, a...
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Good afternoon, everyone!My name is Curtis and I am extremely excited to start my real estate investing career! I'm 30 years old and I'm from the Chicago south suburbs. For the last 10 years, I have worked as an IBEW ...
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Hello All - Currently doing single family rehabs but want to get into commercial properties. Based on the magnitude of investments and risks, I think that finding a mentor is the way to go. I am tossing around enterin...
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I have a tenant that didn't tell me about the ESA until after she signed the lease and gave me the deposit. I have not signed the lease yet, however. I live in Florida and I know they passed a new law pertaining to do...
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I'm a relative newby to REI having bought my first property January 2018. I've now completed 5 deals and have 14 rental units across 5 properties. I'm seeking a virtual bookkeeper to take over doing the mundane repe...
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I love Montana, Gardiner, especially & am contemplating purchasing a house near the YS river and in town. This town is surrounded by Yellowstone Natl Park and forest service lands, so I predict real estate will a...
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Hello BP community,I'm a new real estate investor living in the Bay Area. I'm an engineer and fortunate to have 2 properties in an expensive area but my rental property is not cash flowing. I've done extensive researc...
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I am writing an article focused on how the series LLC structure can be used by real estate investors for holding real estate assets. I would like to find out what questions real estate investors have about using the s...
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Hi Everyone! I need some help... I have a tenant who has been bugging me to do repair work on his balcony. This turned out to be a big project - and it took me two months to get the money together and get everything l...