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This is a long overdue thanks to the BP community as a whole and the mentors and friends I have met through BP.
By way of background, my core investing strategy is buy and hold. I hav...
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I am happy to report that today I closed on a 240 unit apartment complex in Atlanta, GA that I bought for $9.4 million and it appraised for $9.9 million. Capital raise was $3 million and my investors are super excited!!
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My first real estate investment was in 2010. I kept acquiring properties, sometimes using the BRRR strategy. I've been without a day job for 1.5 years looking for more deals and got a couple large portfolios in 2016...
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What book are you reading or listening to on audible? Just want to keep educating myself, already finish couple just need recommendation
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Sorry, just have a huge weight on my heart about the rich dad real estate seminars that are going around the country. I love Robert but his training when it comes to actually any type of moving parts to put a real...
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Hello everyone!I am a 21 year old landlord // Sales Manager // Business Owner // College Student from Grand Rapids Michigan!I had a great 2014 and I hope you did as well! I started the year focused like a hawk... I di...
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Good evening Bigger Pockets!I'm pumped to be here! I've listened to the podcasts for the past 4 months and just bought 2 properties this week! A little about me, I graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos i...
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Hello! My name is Jennifer Clancy and this is my newbie story. My husband and I became accidental landlords in August 2013, we had the opportunity to live in Australia and we took it. We did not want to pay a mortg...
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Although this took way longer than expected due to contractor issues, I'm proud of the way it turned out and happy to report that it is under contract after on 3 days on the market! It's a 3BR, 2 full bath row home i...
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Hey BiggerPockets Family, I just closed on my fourth property and I felt that it was important to share how I got started in real estate investing. There are many superstar stories on BP, mine has been more of a gr...