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Hi all!
In December I closed on my first STR, a lakefront property in Wisconsin. My question is, when do I list it on Airbnb/VRBO etc.? It's currently being renovated, but by the time the renovation is over the pri...
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Hi everyone. My name is Brenda and I live In Minnesota and I want to start house hacking my house. I just have a few questions about the legal side of the whole deal. Do I need to have someone come out and inspect it?...
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I'm Mike and I am coming from sunny Newport Beach, CA! We purchased a home last year and while we currently live in it we are looking now to see what is out there for buy-and-hold rental investments. I have heard grea...
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Hello everyone!This is my first post but I actually found biggerpockets.com a few years ago. I have listened to a handful of the podcasts and find this site and all that it has to offer amazing. I'm 26 and have lived ...
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While travelling with my good friend who is a fellow real estate investor, and giving him a hard time for investing in what I considered mediocre returns in his local market, he really one-upped me. He gave me t...
My wife and I are new to the idea of investing in real estate, where should we start our learning? (E.g. what books, classes, seminars, etc. should we start with?) We have read some, and listened to a few of the BP po...
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I’m a 21-year active duty military guy who started renting my home after being transferred out-of-state. The home is in Anchorage, Alaska and I live in Atlanta. In 2014, I began doing short term rentals from May-Augus...
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Hello Bigger Pockets!I am in an interesting situation! I have been working closely with an investor for the past 4 years, managing his rental properties. I recently became a licensed real estate agent in the same area...
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So I am 17 and I graduate high school in June. I have a goal of completing my first real estate transaction before I turn 18. I know there are legal issues that I may encounter but my parents said they will help me. S...
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Just in case you aren't aware, we are being charged a 3% processing fee on the taxes that are collected from VRBO's traveler service fee. This has been happening for years. I have been on the phone many times with s...