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Hello BiggerPockets members! My name is Derek Tonn and I live in Richland Washington. I have been a buy and hold investor for almost 8 years now with properties in the Tri-Cities (Richland, Pasco, Kennewick). I am ...
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I am a first time landlord, and my first tenants just moved in. They had excellent references, rental history, credit scores and income.
I drive past the property on my way to drop my son off at school in the mornin...
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Several people using Evolve Vacation Rental had concerns about how difficult it would be to leave Evolve. I just made that transition and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.I can keep all my current bookin...
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Hi! New to BiggerPockets! I was an airbnb investor for a few years but my financial situation got really complicated. Now, I am in a great financial situation and am looking to start investing again. However, I really...
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Hello Friends!I am very interesting in purchasing a small cabin up in Big Bear. I would like to use it personally only a couple times a year and rent it out as a vacation rental the rest of the year. I would like to...
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Salutation, My name is Mandy Crawford. I am currently living here in West Virginia. Although I am a newbie in real estate, my family all invest in this business. Interestingly my family do not suggest I invest in real...
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Finally purchased our first rental property! Being a newbie, I just wanted to reach out to the BP community and ask if these fees are usual or customery?100% of the first months rent.10% of the montly rental.3% of a y...
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Hey BP,
I recently read a story about 3 entrepreneurs in their late 20s doing syndication. They acquired 21,000 units in about 8-9 years.
My question is, how is that even possible. I know there’s a lot of syndicato...
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Hey, new investor in Chicago, IL. I wanted to know what 'next steps' people take after doing a lot of research. Do you begin: networking? saving funds? etc.Also, how did you do these things, went to events? budgeting?
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Saved about 100k to get into the business. Sent 2k yellow letters with a few hits. Steadily getting more hits, but here lies the problem. Spent 20k on 9 acres of vacant land in the heart of town. Then, made the kne...