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This is my 5001st post on BP in just under 5 years of being a member of this community. So I thought I would take this time to reflect on all that has happened since then.Before BP – I worked a 50+ hour a week corpor...
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Hello everybody! I'm Emily Schultz. I live in Portland, Oregon, will invest in Cleveland, Ohio but currently working on my tan in Scottsdale, Arizona. (I am actually here working and I use sunscreen. It's a business a...
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I'm new to the Bigger Pockets community. I'm a CPA, and I am looking for Grand Forks, North Dakota area investors to connect with and build relationships with.
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Hello everyone..25 year old from Minnesota. I own a Car Audio shop for the past 2 years that runs itself.
I have been doing REI for about 4 years now and successfully doing it for the past 2. I do alot of wholesa...
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This is part of my story and I'll keep it short and sweet. I started reading a book about Real Estate Fundamentals in 7th grade. Keep in mind this is not the only solution to give you a head start on investing in rea...
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You’ve probably heard J Scott’s real estate story (spoiler alert—he’s killing it!). But he’s never really told his money story that led up to this massive real estate success.Today, we talk to J and discover that in h...
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Hello everyone,Getting ready to invest in my first rental and I'm in the mood for an inspirational story time. I'm calling all the badass creative financing investors. If you didn't use YOUR CASH for your downpayment,...
Hi All!
I wanted to know if some of you would be open to share your success stories of building your real estate investments, advice you wish you knew when you started off, and the journey it took to get to where you...
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It took a few years to make our first real estate investment. As many others, Me and wife are W2 Employees, I work for a tech company and pursuing the path to retire from our W2s in 2025. I have been a BP Podcast list...
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I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...