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Austin Round Rock MSA employment workforce keeps growing. The cumulative labor force expanded from 1,314,900 to 1,350,700 year over year comparing August 2022 vs August 2021. The unemployment numbers decreased from 3....
Hello Everyone, I am a longtime reader, listener of BP's work and community. That said my knowledge is fragmented and my tangible experiences close to non existent. Part of that is the lack of overlap in terms of prof...
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Hey guys just wanted to say I GOT MY FIRST HOME UNDER CONTRACT!!!!! OMGOODNESS IM EXCITED! It’s outside of Grand Rapids which is what I was originally looking for but the deal popped up in Kalamazoo and I decided to s...
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Hi all,Not sure if correct forum but my question is this, I currently live in PA and plan on working my current job for about 5-6 more years. I've got 1 property (inherited) in Missouri being rented and want to inves...
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Hi everyone!I’ve got a private money lender (a friend of mine).I would appreciate if anyone can explain me how does it work in 2 different cases (regarding what should I tell the title company? What documents do I nee...
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Hello BP hivemind!My name is Sam. I am a 25yo graduate student at University of Maryland with a year left in my program. I have spent my free time over the last 3 years reading and researching personal finance and inv...
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I wanted to share my BP success story since I am now a full time RE investor and I owe a lot of it to this site. My story involves creating a very valuable partnership with another BP member, Vikram.
I have been qui...
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Hello everyone, I've been buying and rehabbing properties for long term rentals for going on 8 years now, I enjoy buying properties, designing them, and seeing the end product. I believe this is the best way for me p...
I am a current college student who will graduate this May with a business management degree. My goal that I would ultimately like to achieve is to become a commercial real estate multi-family investor. I would like to...
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Hi everyone,I am a new member trying to remodel/rehab a house. What is the best way to find good general contractors (reasonably priced, delivers on time, committed to quality) ?What are red flags ?