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Hello all! I am sharing my RE ideas with my mother and other close family members and I receive no support. Only comments such as bad tenants, you will go broke and save your money. No one thinks like me or likes to t...
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I wanted to show an interaction that with a FAUX lender.. He sent me a PM on BP.. but it could easily be linkdin or facebook or Craigslist or connected investor.this is classic interaction with these guys.. the websit...
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My situation is that I'm 45 years old and I have a 401K with my current employer. They match 100% up to 3% then 50% up to 5%. So I contribute 5% and get 4%, immediately vested. I've been contributing this for about 13...
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What is one thing you've added to your lease that may not be in the standard lease that has prevented a problem you had from happening again? Not looking for the specific wording unless you'd like to share, but the "...
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Hi everyone, newbie here. I'm planning to buy my first investment this year. I'm trying to do as much due diligence as possible to protect my investment and assets if the real estate market crashes in the future.For b...
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In other podcasts and blogs it had been advised to network with agents to market for deals by asking them if they have any sellers looking to move a property quickly. My question is what if they do? How would a whole...
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I know what the definition of a cap rate is but for some reason it's not sinking in. Can someone please elaborate just a tad for me?
A recent BP blog article by Scott Trench had the phrase “. . . guys like us here on BiggerPockets . . . “ I commented about the gendered language, because if people don’t realize they’re doing it, it can never change....
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I believe the BRRR method is dead or at best on life support! The last decade has been easy for investors to use the BRRR method, but now we need to learn other methods. I've been learning these other methods for ov...
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Most real investors should not buy from realtors unless the realtor is an investor themselves and understand the business. Unfortunately, most seasoned realtors don’t even know how to calculate a cap rate. Even less a...