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Hi everyone,
First post here.
To what extent does real estate investing make sense if you have a highly successful career, and do not intend - or want - to make real estate a full-time career (as I've noticed many /...
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I’ve partnered with an owner of quite a few properties in Bloomington and Decatur. Together him and I own a 32 unit just outside Decatur, and it’s doing well. I have a few more units in Urbana that do ok, but not kill...
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Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...
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I’m new here and not sure if this is the correct place to post this. Please feel free to redirect me to a different section of the site if needed.
I’ve recently been thinking of ways to utilize the market downturn b...
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$7M on one deal and it's out there for the whole world to see.http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/14/joel-schreibers-waterbridge-flips-williamsburg-contract-for-106m-sources/Now, all you naysayers, please have a seat ...
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Is there anyone out there that has bought land to hold and thought of creative strategies to turn that land into cash flow? I have heard people making a killing with airstreams/rvs on land and airbnb, renting the land...
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I’m a renter and I see the rental application process very differently than what the Agents tell you. The Agents that I have contacted, tell you to go to their website fill out an online application, pay the applicati...
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If the below was representative of you & your position what would you do to take full advantage of the inherited capital and launch your REI business?
- Recently inherited roughly $250k - Long-term goal: Passiv...
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Hey Everyone!I have been actively listening and learning on bigger pockets for about 6 months. Since then i have been looking for buy & hold properties in my state of New Jersey AKA Dirty Jerz lolAfter running a t...
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Hello Bigger Pockets! My name is Brad Semenoff and I am a relative newbie when it comes to real estate investing. I say relative because I was lucky enough to keep our first townhouse as a rental unit when my wife an...