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Hey Everyone! I'm from Indiana and just started investing this year. I bought a single family home in Fort Wayne for $53,500 and get $650 a month (7% ROI w/o mortgage and 15% w/ mortgage). Not bad for a first deal to ...
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Hello Everyone,I am a newbie member from Harford County, Maryland. I have been interested in real estate investing for some time and found BiggerPockets while researching. Currently, I am exploring different investing...
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Good Day all,My name is Eric, I have been a student of Real Estate Investment since I was 16. I kept jumping in and out of the pool and learned a lot of "Creative REI" methods although I was never able to gather the s...
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I am Bharat Medasani and I work as a researcher in physics. I am new to real estate investing and I am mainly interested in rental investments. I wish to learn more about rental investments and network with like min...
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Hello BP community! My name is Andy and I am a newbie to the investment side of real estate. I am a coach/teacher in the state of Georgia where I spend most of my days investing in the lives of our youth. It is time...
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Hello! My name is Chaz Johnson, I own a SFR in Uptown Minneapolis MN. I bought it in 2011. I have lived out of state for past 5 years due to medical school. I am currently completing my medical residency in MI. I have...
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Dear BP members,I just wanted to share with you this story because I realize that many of us (newbies) struggle with getting a mentor to help us and guide us during our first deals. Well let me tell you what I have do...
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Hello, my name is Shaun. I live in Buffalo, NY. In the past I have been to "guru" seminars, read the typical books, yet done nothing more than kick a few tires. I am at that exciting point many of you once were, ti...
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Hello my name is Julian Robinson and I am just getting started with Investing in real estate. I am originally from Alexandria, VA but have come to Ponte Vedra by opportunity with a non commercial sports performance fa...
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Hi all, I hope I got the forum right for this one.
Before I get started on this, I want to thank Sharon Vornholt for this great article:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/06/04/branding-real-...