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Hello BiggerPockets community,
I'm a new investor ready to enter the real estate market in the DC metro area, with a focus on Northern Virginia. My strategy is to invest in rental properties for cash flow and consi...
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Is it a good idea to give tenants Christmas gifts? I give tenants target gift cards with a nice note, they’ve payed their rent on time and they have not caused any major damage to the property. Anyone gift their tenan...
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Hello All, I am so glad I found this community!I moved WA from Wyoming in 2010 to work at an Art Bronze Foundry. I'm at the point where I realize that my body can't handle this kind of labor (50-80 hrs wk) for another...
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Hey Everyone, I am from California and moving to Baltimore. I have this idea that I will buy a 2-3 Bedroom town home while I am over there for grad school and live in it and rent the extra rooms out to help may the mo...
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During the past year my team has developed a really good process for rehabs. EXCEPT that it takes 4-6 weeks minimum to get our countertops measured, manufactured and installed. This is the case for laminate, granite a...
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Hello all! I joined the BP community a few months ago, but am just now getting to introducing myself properly. I have been happily married to my favorite person since 2014 and we recently had our first child, a baby g...
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hello all,so i found a private lender and i told him of my plans to BRRRR properties...we never really spoke of the percentage i will be giving him, i just kind of suggested that it would be whatever made more sense f...
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All, Thank you for the warm welcome to BP. This is very much what I have been seeking for a little over a decade and finally I found the information and community literally at my fingertips. Anyway, I currently have 5...
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Hi All, I'm new to BP, the podcasts, REI and my BP Pro membership.
I’m so, so grateful to be here!
As I search for my first deal, I wanted to share my real estate story on this forum!
In 2009, I bought my first h...
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Hello, my name is Troy and I'm new to real estate investing. Originally from west Philadelphia and now living in the south, Real Estate always held a certain interest for me. Knowing that you could own land that you c...