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Economic Update
(Monday, July 13, 2020)
Not since the 1960s has the United States experienced social upheaval like it is experiencing today. We have protests, an upcoming national election, and a massively divide...
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I live in SF Bay Area, CA, and have a fancy tech job that I enjoy (at least I did before COVID). Have about $8k a month to invest in real estate after maxing retirement accounts thanks to high income and modest lifest...
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Hello everyone, I am new to Bigger Pockets and this is my first post. My question is about how to prepare myself and gain the necessary skills to flip houses and fix up rentals for a living.I am a sophomore in college...
Hello everyone,
If a person has cash that they would like to put to work in RE but can only devote less then 10 hours a week to RE work (because of requirements from their regular job)...what strategy would you sugge...
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We all know that it is hard to find a great multi-family deal in today's market. It's better to "make one". We have bought multiple small apartments 10-20 units, that have had upside potential with room to increase ...
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Just curious to see if any of you have contributed to an education IRA 529 plan for your child's future college expenses. I have heard that the 529 plans in Utah and Nevada area the best as you can select low fee Vang...
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Hello everyone!My wife and I closed our first deal on the 7th on our new four unit property which is fully occupied. One of the tenants is a co-worker, which was not something I was terribly excited about initially, b...
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Hi everyone!
I've been immersed in studying real estate investing, particularly wholesaling, but also fix and flip, and buy and hold strategies for the past six months and I'm dedicated to making this a successful ve...
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The last 4 or so offers I made (at or above asking) on condos on oahu were blown out of the water..1. Like 2 weeks ago on a 1BR in my building. I made a full price offer and bam, they had an above asking cash offer an...
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If I were to guess, here's what my friends did today:@Serge S. spend today thinking hard about the next $500,000@Brian Burke took his wife in his plane to Malibu, or something, and spent money he has@Brandon Turner to...