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This recent article in Forbes argues that Data proves REITs are better than buying real estate: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcprosser/2017/07/1...I've been following Bigger Pockets and planning to buy my first rent...
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Have questions about helping your teenager or young adult in your life get on the FIRE path? Join us Wednesday, January 19th from 7-9 CST in the forums for an “Ask Me Anything” with Dan Sheeks.
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Hello everyone,I am about two weeks away from being complete with my fist flip. It is located in Katy, TX and there were some unexpected repairs but nothing that set us back to much. I will be uploading complete befor...
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Hello all! I am currently taking a year away from school to explore my options in real estate and whether or not those options would require a college degree. I do enjoy school, but after two years of accumulating deb...
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Hello BPers,For those of you who have become syndicators, I'm assuming at some point you started as an independent investor. How many personal deals did you do before your first syndication? Did you rely mostly on fam...
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Hello everyone,
I’m a reader and podcast listener, not much of a poster so I’ll introduce myself. My name is Jake and I am an escrow assistant here in Reno. I have been looking at buying vacant land that my family an...
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Would you use hard money for a buy and hold property?
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What to do with $15K??? I have been mailing letters going on 2 years attempting to wholesale and 0 deals to show for it. I have been funding this with my paycheck from my full time job. I am about to come into $15,000...
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my second buy and hold is a forclosed property. its next to a co worker of mine. he told me to check it out. i did. i got the agents number and we spoke. the agent told me i hate to wait 9 days because owner occu...
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Many people feel that because their local market isn’t great for rental property cash flow, they can’t invest. Don’t tell that to today’s guest, who for the past decade has been doing just that—even while working full...