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Happy New Year Bigger Pockets Community!2018 is going to be a big year for all of us. This is my first post in the forum, and I am looking forward to getting to know many of you this year. I did it, I left my corpor...
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After having caught the real estate bug from reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad I have been lurking around the forum and following the podcast for about a year. Now the time has come to step into the light and make my introdu...
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Hello all, I'm Derek and l'm looking to invest in single family homes in Las Vegas. My background is as a Electrician for over 10 years, 5 of them in the union apprenticeship here. Since the 08 downturn , I've been ed...
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Hello Chicago BP! I am a 23 year-old working in the financial services industry and currently saving and learning everything I can about how to successfully buy my first house hack in Chicago. I have no prior experien...
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I'm a novice concerning real estate investing from Hammond, LA. I am currently a Medicaid Analyst with the State of Louisiana - DHH and I am looking for investment properties and opportunities that will be an extra re...
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Just bought my first property. The two car garage has a wall dividing it. I'm going to use one side for storage. Should I let the tenant use the other side? The guy that is mentoring me through this is saying to n...
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When it comes down to the magic number for people planning for financially independent, it seems that they will work backward down to cash flow vehicle to get there. For example, if you want 10k/month, then it means y...
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Hello everybody I'm Alex from Houston, Texas looking to learn the real estate investing business from the ground up. Former professional athlete that was released from the team and looking to find a new stream of inco...
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Hi all!I've only joined this forum recently and wanted to introduce myself. I'm completely new to REI. I focused my 20s on building a certain number of service businesses and haven't looked at any other opportunities ...