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Hey everyone,I've decided to start investing in real estate to diversify my investments, with a long-term goal of creating generational wealth for my family. Hoping to do some networking and learn more about the pros...
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How many investors are also inspectors? It’s pretty inexpensive to become an inspector and feels like it would pay dividends and allow me to earn income on the side if and when times get slow. Plus, of course loving r...
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Burnout is a real source of stress when in the middle of a live-in flip investment. Trust me, I know! We are in the middle of live in flip #3. I have been thinking about tips I might be able to share to help other in...
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Hi everyone!! I am new to the real estate investing. I am fascinated about the wealth that real estate can come with. I feel lucky as I have an investor who would like to invest in me so I feel like my financing issue...
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I have read mixed reviews about sites like forsalebyowner.com regarding their flat fee MLS listing service. I read in another post that giving an agent just 3% deters them. BUT doesn't the buyers agent split the commi...
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I'm talking to private lenders but I can't seem to find info on some of them. BBB.org, reviews, etc. Are private and hard money lenders required to have a license? E.g., NMLS
How do you guys vet a lender to make s...
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Good evening Bigger Pocketeers!I want to share my first small but vital success that my wife and I had recently. Just a little back story, we first caught the Real Estate bug about 6 months ago and have since been le...
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I'm working on buying my first rental property and I'm curious–how common is it to own rental properties outside your area or even states away?I planned to buy one in my city and be my own property manager, but if the...
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Hello everyone,my wife and I want to start our real estate investing journey to boost our wealth and retirement fund. Long-term single or small multifamily rental would be our strategy to go. We live in California at ...
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I am new to real estate investing and I am fortunate enough to have two gentleman that are willing to sit down with me tonight over dinner and allow me to pick their brain and ask all the questions I want. If you wer...