Hello,my wife and I are new investors looking to purchase our first investment property.We have excellent credit and plenty of equity in our house. our question is should we refinance to cash out equity @ 5.1% inte...
Howdy BP Community! ~I've recently gotten excited about pursuing real estate investment as a means to reach financial independence in the coming years. Currently, I'm trying to decide if I should use my real estate li...
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Hello all,I am making the commitment to starting my real estate investing business. I have been reading books, blogs, listening to podcasts and watching Brandon's awesome webinars. I just joined BiggerPockets PRO to...
Hi friends - I'm looking to buy a vacation rental near Jackson WY (both short term and long term rental options). I've done the research and the vacation rental market is hot, but of course, relatively seasonal (quiet...
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Hi, My name is Ray B. If you are local to my area you may already know me. Small world, even smaller state. I was born in Portland Maine, the largest city in the state with a population of 70,000. I started investing ...
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I listened to a podcast awhile back (maybe 6 to 8 months ago) and the guy being interviewed was talking about a "consultative" approach when going out and talking with sellers. Either they buy it (investment side) or ...
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Here I am not even 6 months into my new investing adventure. I purchased my first duplex in Sept 18 and its going great. Closing on my second duplex in two days, and have a handful of properties in my pipeline still...
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We are close to closing on our first rental property, a duplex. I am now trying to get my "team" set up. (My real team is right here on BP, so helpful and educational, even entertaining!)How do others feel about havin...
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You could increase that possibility doing a next approach. I bypass all that background check ID etc.1.Work sample2. Human metric test (Cognitive ability test)3.Ask 5- 6 questions related to a job you ask to do and r...
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I've been loosely working with an investor I met a few years back. I finally put all my ducks in a row and have been looking at buying my first real investment property since late last summer. After running into some ...