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@Matthew Irish-Jones started what I think is a discussion of great worth while I was on my most recent vacation. I highly recommend it to everyone who's thinking about starting out:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums...
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I feel like this question has probably been asked/answered on here but I can't for the life of me figure out how to search the forums so I guess I'll just make a post myself!My wife and I just closed on a lake home in...
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Hey everyone! I'm Jack, a newbie investor from Seattle, WA that's been on Biggerpockets as a lurker for about six months or so. Although I've done a fair bit of reading, I haven't actually gotten into any sort of deal...
So, my first post here - please don't be reddit! :)I have rented the current house for almost 5 years. I've fixed pretty much everything unless it was over my skill set (replacing capacitor on A/C system, for instanc...
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The FIRE movement was really hot, no pun intended, early this year and I have not heard much about it. Has the corona virus and social issues moved it to the back burner?
I appreciate its goal and approach, except...
Greetings. Mike here from... actually it doesn't matter because when I finish grad school eventually, I'll be somewhere far away, but I don't know where now.I am considering learning about real estate investment, but ...
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As a first time landlord, what would you say was the most important things that you did when you first started out? Additionally, what would you say is the most important things I could do to position myself with my ...
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Hi, we have acquired three properties in the past 4 months. We just closed on a house in Berkeley and we found out today the area/subdivision has an ordinance stating not over 30% of the homes can be rented. Sense it...
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Good morning!I had a bit of realization yesterday and want to test the temperature, mainly for self managers and smaller PM's. I basically group the business into 2 segments, administrative tasks (pricing, marketing,...
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I was reading an article on another investing website that broke down the best and worst performers in the S&P 500 so far this year. The list of the 35 worst performers had a whopping 13 that were REITs. Not all o...