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Hello. I'm Derrek Lawson from Columbia, Maryland. I'm 44 years old veteran, new to real estate investing. Nothing purchased yet. I might be 12-18 months away from making a purchase. However, I have some general real e...
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This May my fiancée and I graduate college and will commission into the Air Force. Since we both did ROTC we each have access to USAAs career starter loan which is a $25,000 loan at an interest rate of 2.99%. If we ta...
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With all the education, and licenses and networking - when did you know you where ready to market your profession and make your first deal?
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Hi BP crowd - I'm a new investor looking to do some BRRRR deals and I know I need to find the right types of lenders who are going to be able to work with me. One thing I'm worried about is that they send an appraise...
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Good afternoon everyone, I’m a 21 Alabama National Guard soldier and I’m currently deployed in Iraq. I look forward to trying my best to do real estate full time once I arrive home in a couple months. I’ve done tons o...
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I put an eviction notice on the door of a tenant on July 7. I was stupid and believed her excuses (and I had several vacancies coming up) so I didn't file the eviction. Now it's August 17 and it's clear that she's n...
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Hey there,I currently live in UK and looking forward to meet local fellow investors.Is there anyone from the UK here?If so please say Hi!
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I am a Chemical Engineer and now working in Consulting for Chemicals, Oil ans Gas companies. I recently decided to take the big step towards my real love that always was Real Estate Investing. The opportunity to inter...
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Hello everybody! I have searched the forums and I cant find the answer I'm looking for exactly...
I have mailed out my first round of yellow letters (about 100).Boy did that take a lot longer then I thought! ...
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Hi all, its about time in introduce myself. I've been out here reading and learning when I can for about a year now.
My wife and I purchased our first rental 4 years ago, then we bought a second one 2.5 years ago.
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