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Hi everyone, I introduced myself to BP last week but wanted to post in the new member forum as well. I'm James from Kentucky but live currently in the St Louis area after 11 years in the USAF. I have caught the real e...
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What's going on BP!My name is Danny Ayala and I am from Hoboken, NJ. I am currently working for a private asset manager in NYC as a fund controller. The firm invests primarily in structured products, but it does hav...
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When filing our 2022 taxes, our CPA did not mention or encourage us to do a cost segregation study to capture bonus depreciation on the two properties my wife and I acquired in 2022. Our goal is to invest aggressively...
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Hi y'all. I'm about to leave my W2 position and basically be a full time professional real estate investor. I am super sold on the benefits of rolling over my 401k into a Solo 401k and then buying rentals with it.
My...
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Are there any drawbacks to buying an occupied multi-family? I came across a quad that has 3 units occupied and 1 unit vacant. I am looking to invest in an owner-occupied multi-family, so the vacant unit is perfect. Ho...
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Hi all, I wanted to share my recent experiences with turning our garage studio apartment conversion into a short term rental. We have had great success and so far no real issues. The income has paid for the mortgage f...
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Hello, A few months ago, I purchased an eight-unit, two-story apartment building in a more blue collar part of Lubbock that has seen a number of tenants either vacate or get evicted, thus we are down to less than half...
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Looking for a RE Mastermind group that meets monthly in the Tampa area. Looking for less of the teacher/student type group (although I'm not opposed to learning) and more of the group think/talk type of group. Any g...
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New in BP and RE investing. I have about 80-100k in equity in my house and I am planing to sell the house and get into flipping houses to quit my job because I am looking for financial independence and later get into ...
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I moved to Chicago with just a backpack an $100 to my name and no credit. I'm working extremely hard to get on my feet, and now I'm ready to advance.
I'm now seeking to buy a multi family unit 5+ unit or commercial p...