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short background. I am about to start looking to buy a second rental property here hopefully in the next coming months. But also, I will be moving out of my house around the same time and turning that into a rental. I...
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I currently reside in Des Moines, IA and aim to purchase small multi family properties 4-20 units. I believe that Des Moines is a great market but many others are also starting to notice and invest here. Because of th...
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Hi everyone. I'm a newbie with a super-newbie situation that I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on from all you incredible BP people. I decided about a year ago to enter the real estate investing arena via whol...
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Hello All. I'm an avid listener of the BiggerPockets podcast and figure I've been missing chances for good insight on the forums too, so here goes one of my first posts!My partner and I are getting pre-approved for a ...
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Any thoughts?
I am for Ron Paul...
He strikes me as the only honest guy up there, on either side.
Any other thoughts?
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Lots of noise in the market, making me nervous.Noise 1 ) bye bye dollar, buy buy gold. * Gold has hit 5-year high. * Will dollar continue to weaken? I see quite a few propellants fueling it: oil dollar position is bei...
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It's nice to see that some of our Constitutional Rights have been restored since W left office...
Here's a great example...
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I will start with the good news.
Everything you will read in this post is free. Yes!
everything I will show you here, you can do yourself.
You do not have to pay anyone to get similar results.
I did it on my own...
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Would you buy a property with negative cash flow?My husband and I want to invest in a townhouse that we plan on selling once the mortgage is paid in full. We could have the mortgage for 30 years, but we are choosing o...
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Hey all.
Writing about the john reed article that was posted on here a bit ago, talking about how most investor's deals they say are good are actually not at all, because according to him, every property over time av...