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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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Hi everyone!It recently came to my attention that my grandfather has way too much money sitting in a standard savings account earning a pathetic less than 1% interest rate. My grandfather's gears turn in money and I'm...
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May be a little disjointed. Pulling from communications with other people. You don't see their notes.
New Storage Facility Status update Month 4 from Opening15 June 2020, 05:17 PMWe just opened our 7th storage lo...
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Welcome to. our newest question of the week! We know that the fed is planning to raise rates this week and possibly several more times before the end of the year. This has investors recalibrating and rerunning their d...
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Hi all and G'Day!My name is Lindsay Stewart, a real estate investor from Melbourne Australia, but currently focused predominately on property in the US. Specifically working in Detroit MI and Pensacola FL at the mome...
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Hi All -Must an FHA loan be one of your first 4 mortgages or is there no relevant restriction? To put it another way, can a 5th+ mortgage be an FHA loan? Are there any other relevant considerations surrounding the num...
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Hey guys! I have recently found interest in REI, and I am seeking guidance during these first steps. When I say recently, I mean I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" two months ago. Since then, my life has consisted of BP foru...
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Hello all! My name is Julie, and after over a decade of wanting to be a real estate investor, I'm finally taking steps to do it. Bigger Pockets has been a fantastic resource already, and has really been the push I n...