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Hello! I'm currently a student at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Finance. I spend most of my time in between Houston (hometown) and Austin, TX. Due to a mix of scholarships and having parents that are g...
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My wife and I purchased a home in Scottsdale, AZ in 2018 - $325k loan, 4.875 rate. We moved out of state in 2021 and have been renting ever since (long term, current tenant 3yrs @ $2,850). We had maybe $200k in equity...
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Four years ago today I was wandering through life thinking I had made it. I was working a corporate 9-5 job, good pay and would use my 10 days of PTO for the amazing 1 week getaways. Jan 1st 2017 happened to be the la...
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If you spend any measurable amount of time browsing the BP forums you have probably come across a thread or two that was started by a new investor who's having a heck of a time getting a Realtor to work with them in a...
Hi BP Community - I have been researching real estate investments for the past year and so far have invested passively through Crowdfunding platforms (Realtyshares, Peerstreet, etc.). Most of the investments have been...
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I am really curious as to what kind of background most people were before they started working. For example, Were you in a high paying job? or did you owned a business? or were you just a college student like me who ...