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I've recently gotten a new roommate. I knew him in college (I just graduated in May), and he's a great guy. He was an excellent soccer player, valedictorian, and I was vice-president under him in the Catholic Men's H...
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to hear some opinions from my fellow agents out there. So I work a full time HVAC job and am also a part time Realtor and love learning about real estate investing. However, I do not ...
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Cities like Minneapolis, Boston, and Atlanta are showing how public parks can do more than provide green space—they can drive commercial development and job growth. In Minneapolis, the Downtown East Commons Park, init...
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When you go to invest out of your local market, would you choose a market that's a 5 Hour Flight away, or choose a market that you know much better but is 80% as good that's a 5 Hour Drive away?I'm currently invested ...
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So I just got back from pricing out a rehab for a house... When I was finished pricing everything out and was about to leave, a huge, brand new Cadillac SUV pulls up slowly. Right away, I know it's another investor, a...
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The American Dream used to constitute getting married, moving to the suburbs and buying a single-family home for a growing family. But today's generation has forged a new path. For the first time in history, more than...
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Hello! My name is Stacey and I am new to BP. My main concern is how you should approach certain areas with relatively high unemployment rates. I want to buy a property near my hometown. However, the unemployment ra...
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Hey BP,
Just wanted to take this opportunity to bring to everyone's attention that the OKC metro now has the lowest unemployment in the country of metro's with 1 million+ people.
Unemployment dropped from 6.2% in...
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So, this conversation came up with my best mate yesterday evening and I thought I'd get some insights from the investor gurus here.Given what's going on now (increasing prices and lower inventory), and given the growt...