Hi everyone! I am trying to purchase my first investment property and I need some advice. I'm 24 and pay rent in downtown Jersey City. My friend and I have saved around 60K for a down payment and we are trying to figu...
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Hello! I'm looking for a few quotes for a future issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. Do you want to be featured in our next edition? If so, please answer the following question and I may use your name, city, and s...
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How many people do you know that just make you shake your head at their financial predicament? I mean, hey, I came late in life to financial sanity and the decision to invest and retire early, and made lots of stupi...
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Are there any “need to read” books that you would suggest I read before making my first deal? I have some time before my first deal as I’m only a senior in high school but Ive always taken interest in real estate and ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets friends!
I am in a unique situation in which I’ll be moving from Hawaii back to the mainland within a year after selling my business, and I’m trying to figure out where to move to. I will have a mod...
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I have 30 year mortgage (rate is below 4%) on my current residence where I've lived for about a year. I could pay it off (I owe $185,000) and have about $10,000 in emergency savings leftover. My family thinks I should...
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Just curious if some of the full time investors out there might be able to share some guidence on how long it took them to go from working for the man full time to living 100% on their investments?
I have been in the...
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I have recently talked to a motivated seller who received a piece of my direct mail. The numbers are tight, however, if I can work with the seller directly and he doesn't have to pay the realtors commission I belie...
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For a few months I've been learning about how to use my unused income from a full-time job to invest in real estate and have been reading lots of books like Hold: How to Find, Buy and Rent Houses for Wealth, Brandon T...