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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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Economic Update
(Monday, September 14, 2020)
A majority of Los Angeles households face serious financial problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Latinos and Black residents bearing the brunt of the economic pain...
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Im looking to buy a property for short term rental in Kissimmee area. I was planning to fly in there soon, but due to covid my plans keep getting delayed. My realtor there told me some people out of country have bough...
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Hi there! I'm wondering if anyone from California/ out of state has any tips on investing in Florida or any lessons or "dumb tax" to share? My investing partner has lots of experience here in CA, but we're interested ...
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Anyone every use this company? It sounds like a scam or someone that just signs you up for a bunch of business credit cards.http://www.flipfunding.us/
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Hi, guys, I'm from NYC (Brooklyn). I know the NYC market is very expensive for newbies like myself and I feel like I may have to look outside of the city to get started.I currently make $42k year and have 32k in savi...
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Im thinking of doing some wholesaling in San Francisco does anyone have any experience doing that there my profits are just to thin to keep wholesaling here in South Carolina. Thanks
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,
I was interested in investing in a long term rental property in the near future, but live in Miami Fl. Where the property values are way too high to invest in. I was looking at the Dav...
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Hey everyone. First time poster here, but I've been reading up on real estate investing and this site a ton over the last few months, and I'm hoping to purchase 1 or 2 properties in the relatively near future to buy ...
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I've brought this up before. About a year ago I was looking at apartments in Las Vegas to purchase, but most of the replies I got were that the market is too pessimistic.
I was looking to buy and hold for 5-10+ ye...