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Hello BP Nation,I’m looking at purchasing my first RE investment property in the west suburbs of Chicago within the next 90 days. In an effort to mitigate the amount of catastrophic mistakes that I’ll make as a newbie...
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I keep seeing a lot of posts with people noting “interest rates are high”.Just want to say, no they are not. I don’t need to post the charts here as a simple google search will note this. Last decade interest rates ha...
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Hello BP Community,
I started listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts last summer and joined after my first webinar. I am still learning and developing a plan/direction for my 1st deal. I invested in a development ...
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I thought it might be helpful to post a quick list of many of the common REI questions I see posted on here that are fairly non-specific and have similar answers across the board. While I am no expert in real estate, ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets! I've been a member for probably about a year now and have done a lot of listening to podcasts and reading forums and books in that time. I very much appreciate all the knowledge so freely shared on ...
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So I found a spot in the country I would love to visit. It also happens to be a place I could see myself relocating to in the next 5 to 7 years. It has great weather lots of attractions wonderful write ups and from ev...
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Hi All,
I am an investor from the Bay Area looking to expand my portfolio out-of-state. I'm looking at the numbers in Milwaukee and they just don't make sense; see attached links.
This duplex that is on the market ...
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We are developers/contractors in Orange County, CA. We want to find vacant parcels of land on which to build homes. Unfortunately, there are only a few listings of land on MLS, for a few reasons. 1 Most areas are alre...
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Hi All - New to BiggerPockets and love these forums, so hoping I may get some ideas here. My wife and I are in the process of renovating a STR to hit AirBnb in the next month. While cruising listings I came across a ...
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I am looking for a the market profile, average rents to include increases and decreases, and major changes to the areas. The areas I am looking at are Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern, Morehead City, and Havelock. I...