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I thought I'd share a word of encouragement for those of us just starting out in the world of investing after receiving a very disappointing cakl from a real estate agent this morning. I am looking for my first rental...
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I got my first yellow letter in the mail today on one of my properties on the East Coast.I get all sorts of postcards and such from all over the place but this was the first of what I think is the "YELLOW LETTER".. It...
OK, bear with me here folks. Although I have flipped well over 500 homes since 98 and owned nearly 100 rentals - I have never done anything out of my backyard. I'm in Portland, where the flipping is sweet right now ...
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Hello All,Alexander (Alex) Ballesteros, a young 24 year old adult who is new here in the Bigger Pockets community & to the world of real estate in general. With little knowledge, and zero experience in the field o...
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Well, it's been a slow start to 2016, but it just fired off. So much so that I took the plunge and quit the dead end job 2 weeks ago.Same week closed on a 3000 sf beast of a project, closing another tomorrow and have ...
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Thank you to Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner for all the great content they continue to put out there. I started listening to the podcast in 2013 and have listened to every one. Since then I have bootstrapped into t...
Not sure which forum this should have been posted in but since I'm just starting out myself it seemed like a fit. Is there anybody who has, successfully or unsuccessfully, partnered with another person for buy and hol...
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The company I work with just made a big rehabbing mistake and I figured I'd share, since it seems like it could happen to any of us. Here's a brief summary:
Closed on a house to rehab, signed a contract with a guy wh...
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Hey BP I want to share my story of how I paid off $11,000 dollars in CC debt over a 27 month period, all while not paying any interest, and while traveling the world. When I graduated from medical school in 2015, I di...
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Bought my latest rehab in march. It's about 40 miles away from where I live. Called my broker to get a current market analysis. Trying to decide to rent or flip? Should be finished this Weekend. This has been a weeke...