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Hello BP family - my husband and I are looking for some advice on whether we should buy our own home in Southern California (specifically Orange County) or whether we keep paying rent and invest out of state to build ...
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Hey guys, we often talk about the tax benefits of owning real estate. Do these benefits extend beyond the rental income? Could somebody give me a laymen's overview of how this works?
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Hey I am Newbie, and I just read this article. Wanted some more expert opinions on this article and FHA loans and people buying homes with poor credit and low income in today’s hot market. What do you all think?
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Hi
I am considering loaning money in a situation where I would be getting 35-40% of the profit and also a preferred interest rate on my money. This would more so be a partner situation so not lending to stri...
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Is there a way to defer some rental income into some kind of retirement account when retired?
Lets say someone was able to live entirely off savings for a year, could they somehow put their rental income into a defer...
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My dream when I went off to college was to live for free, and achieve the American Dream of owning my own home. In 2007, I bought my first house in Tucson, AZ. I rented out three of the rooms and at 18 years old I was...
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So I thought it would be cool to document my goal of buying 150 flip houses this and documenting my progress here for the BP community.
My reason for doing this is to help educate and encourage others, k...
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Like many other real estate investor, I seek to buy and hold real estate, and enjoy the cash flow and any possible appreciation. However, since my target properties are lower end properties that often requires rehab...
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Blame it on the holidays, consumerism season, or the purchase of my latest rehab project, but I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with spending money. I have this unhealthy relationship with healthy money m...
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I'm curious to hear what people have to say. As an economist/risk professional in the banking space, I feel that I have decent insight into the industry. Those of you warning of a housing bubble... I just don't see i...