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Hello my name is James Sotipalalit. I'm new to real estate and I would love some advice from some professionals. Now my question is do you suggest a newbie in real estate go get licensed to be an agent when starting o...
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Hey All -
One of our upcoming projects is to update our influence system to one that better reflects a user's influence on the site.
We will be transforming the system from the current limitless influence scale to a...
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How Do You Define a 'Mom and Pop Investor' ?Before I started investing, I looked down on the hard working 'Mom and Pop Investors' who "only" owned 6 or 8 rental properties. Years later I stand with them and admire the...
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I’ve reached a milestone on BP—I now have a comma in my post count. This will never happen to me again. I’ll never post enough to get two commas. While many people have achieved this milestone much faster, It’s tak...
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I am 36 years old, married with a 1 year old girl. I live in a Houston, Texas. My credit is pretty good - in the high 700's. I had a pretty decent salary before, but not enough with all of my expenses and dependent...
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Hello, I am a young professional and my job is high paying but very stressful. As such, I'm hesitant to invest in anything that takes time/energy. However, looking at the current investment landscape, traditional o...
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Creating a website is pretty simple and quick, but does anyone have any recommendations on how to market your website, without paying a fortune??I created a simple introductory web page from weebly. I plan to purchase...
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I decided to get my real estate license. So now I'm waiting 2 additional weeks for it to arrive. My broker wants me to start getting my prospecting list up, adding new names each day. Problem is, I DONT KNOW new peopl...
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(I hope I picked the right place to put this in the forums?? OK by me if it needs moved, and I apologize in advance) I am still new and have no deals as of this time. I tried last year at the 2015 Michigan Tax Sale...