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It has been three years since my last real estate purchase. In those years: my family grew by 2, we bought our personal residence to fit our family of 5, and paid in full for our wedding/ honeymoon. With the investing...
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looking at some property in the area and was wondering what anyone's experience is. Any tips or pointers?
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So, I am located in the LA/OC area and thinking of investing in a SF home or two in the North or Southwest area of Bakersfield. The market seems to have recovered within 20%-25% of the 2006 peaks according to what I c...
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Hello Everyone,
I am new to the site and new to REI. I am hoping this site will be a launching pad for my knoledge base of the world of REI, I am a competitive and motivated person at heart and like to ge...
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My name is Jeff Messee and I am from Spokane, Washington. I don't have a background in real estate but I have always wanted to get started in Flipping Houses and I finally made the decision to go after it. I do have a...
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As BiggerPockets is first and foremost a community, I thought it might be nice to make new members feel more welcome here! With that in mind we're going to try out a new concept for our forums, contests:
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We just closed on our first SFH (near my hometown) to rent out; have the contract with PM ready to sign; insurance is bought; minor repairs are being done to the home.But we found that the PM requires more insurance t...
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Newbie to Bigger Pockets,
Powerfully motivated young entrepreneur though!
My name's Mark! Seems very nice to be here amongst my fellow entrepreneur! I'm from Houston and been a real estate license holder sinc...
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Looking to get the BP fam opinion on this….I currently am finishing up rehabbing 24 units and can refi out about $300k (now smaller due to rates),- since its a non agency loan, it would be at 9.5% fixed rate IO (ins...
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Currently in the Kitsap county market we are experiencing an extreme shortage of inventory which is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. At the same time, building ordinances in Seattle, in combination w...