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Hello All,After about 18 months of educating myself, planning, budgeting, and saving I am about to buy my first rental property! It is very exciting and scary at the same time. This house hack is a duplex. I will live...
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Good morning everyone, this is my first Bigger Pockets post and I'll make it short and sweet. I was a Federal Employee for 7 years. I was in the Thirft Savings Plan (TSP) which is equivalent to a 401K. I have approxim...
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Hello family! I am out of the Army now and would like to transfer my TSP (Thrift Savings Plan) in to something I can use for real estate investing. New to this. I have heard of the SD IRA, and now am hearing about SD ...
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Hi all, I am just getting my feet wet in the world of real estate investing. I want to start out doing fix and flips locally in my city (Kansas City, MO), and I’m exploring my options for financing my first project. A...
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Hello everyone,My name is Connor Adams. I'm relatively new to Bigger Pockets, but have been learning about real estate investing for a little over two months now.I've been diving into all of the available information ...
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I own a single family home that I built out a 850 sq ft. basement apt that I rent out for 3/4 of my mortgage, but I collect monthly rent via Venmo. Now, I just bought my first duplex and am wanting to structure how I ...
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I seen a couple of properties in new york tri-state area that I'm interested in; however, I have a lot less than 20% to put down and don't plan on living in the property. Does it make sense to get a down-payment loan...
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Hello my wife and I are looking to invest in our 1st rental property and were wondering how the investment effects our 2 teenage children's ability to qualify for college fonancial aid. Any thoughts? Thank you.
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I have an idea that I would like to run by the community.I have a SFH that I would like to sell. The current renter is interested in purchasing but she has no savings.Here is my possible solution:She qualifies as a fi...