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Hi Everyone, I'm Lisha and I'm a 4th year med student originally from Florida who wants to start investing in real estate. I'd love to buy and hold multifamily rental properties as a way to create passive income durin...
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Perhaps there is a tipping point on the road to FIRE where the risk of not paying Term Life Insurance Policies anymore and the reward of using that money to further fund your portfolios would be more beneficial... I u...
How bad would my credit score hurt if I took out 100k against my home? My credit score is 735 and my home value is 609k paid in full. I also would like to know what you would do in my situation? Would you take out a m...
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Improving Augusta one home at a time…
In the fall of 2009, Auben Realty was officially in business. A handful of homes I owned (which I couldn’t sell) and some early-mover, non-local investor-acquired homes rounded o...
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THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) TO AIM FOR
The IRR should reflect the degree of risk you’re willing to take. The riskier an investment, the higher the IRR. If you’re purchasing a building that has decreased in valu...
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Hello and Good evening BP Brothers & Sisters.
Tonight I wanted to post a question I have been thinking a lot about lately. "How could an investor best utilize property to lower taxable income"?
We currently own...
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I found this notice in this week's newspaper:
It goes on to explain various parts of the new plan, but then at the end it has this:
Note the part I underlined in red. Current rent for a 3B...
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For those of you who created a wholesaling business, how long did it take you to transition from your 9-5 job into working for your own wholesaling business full time?
How long did it take in months/years and how muc...
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I wanted to start a discussion around Section 8. It seems a lot of people have been burned by a bad tenant or don't fully understand how voucher tenants are placed. I work with some investors here in Columbus, Ohio wh...
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Hello BiggerPockets, Looking for, well exactly what the title says, creative real estate financing. My goal is to grow, but to use less of my personal funds than I have done in the past, traditionally. I don't wish to...