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Today, Monday, October 22, 2012, we celebrate our 8th birthday! It is hard to believe that is has been so long.
I've written many posts in the past months about many of our milestones, so I feel like there's no ne...
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So, I am seeking the help of the BP community to define all the best things they know about or have heard about Cleveland, Ohio - Thank you for your contributions!I am eager to begin this string with the following (3)...
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I have been investing in Real Estate for the past 10 years. I started out with a very small amount of private money($20K) and my own cash. I used private money and my own cash until I was able to secure a primary resi...
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Check out this article in Money & Markets and let me know your opinions.
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/last-nail-in-the-coffin-29223
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Backstory
Hi my name is Steven Natera. I'm a software engineer. I am from NYC, the land of unaffordable homes. Here is my story on how I landed my first property.
In 2015, I decided I would switch careers to become ...
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Almost 5 years ago my wife and I became landlords and we did it all on our own. No books, no blogs, no forums, no BP, no podcasts, no REIA's and certainly no team I would ever call on again to do it. Our agent was sym...
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Yep! Today is BiggerPockets' 9th Birthday! Be sure to take a moment to read the post Josh just uploaded to the BiggerPockets blog concerning the past 9 years on BiggerPockets.
Happy Birthday BP!
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2 weeks ago my business partner and I closed on a 4-plex. Needless to say it was not a seamless process. By the time we finally closed instead of feeling excited we just were relieved the mess was behind us. This was...
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I'm looking into purchasing a duplex strictly for investment purposes (not going to be a owner occupant.) Currently, one side of the duplex is vacant and the other side has a tenant on a month to month lease. If all...
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Hey everyone!I attended Inman Connect New York 2017 this January. A lot of the tech talks revolved around automation and chatbots. It was very interesting to see the different opinions surrounding that topic.A lot of ...