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Hello Everyone,
I have been a long-time lurker and finally decided to become actively involved with BiggerPockets. I think this is a great forum for those interested in any aspect of real estate.
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Hello!Two part question: Would somebody mind providing a brief overview of the tax savings of purchasing a 2-4 multi family in the first year of purchase as owner-occupied. For example: If my W2 income is 100k and the...
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Many people mentioned that it is strongly recommended to have a CPA as a part of the team. I started looking in my area and am a beginner of real estate investment.Would you please tell me the reasons to have CPA vs a...
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I've had numerous friends and colleagues offer me substantial amounts of money to invest (in one case $1M) and have finally decided to take a serious look at combining some of my funds with my friends and colleagues t...
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I've been in the residential RE business for over 10 years now, but I've not had experience in the commercial realm. My brother and I are interested in a commercial building here in Milwaukee that we know is being ...
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Hello everyone. I have been visiting this site for awhile and finally decided to sign up. My brother and I have a homebuilding firm down in South East Georgia. We also have a commercial construction company that do...
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I've recently inherited (or what amounts to inherited) a small fix/flip & wholesaling business that consists of a website where users enter property, situation and contact details which populates jotform and...
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I was checking whats the requirements for fire Monitoring for Multi Family Buildings.Is there a specific number of units and/or people that drives this?I am inquiring for Massachusetts, I am guessing this likely be ti...
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Hello BP!I will be graduating from college in North Georgia in December. I am eagerly trying to get into real estate investing, spec building, wholesaling, buy and holds, etc. I have done my research for the past 6 ...
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I began cultivating my passion and knowledge of the commercial real estate industry while working for an office/flex developer as a young man in Kansas City. I graduated from Arizona State and went to work underwriti...