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Hey Guys,
I've been digging around on the forums for months now, but this is my first ever BiggerPockets post! My name is Luke Benjamin and I'm thinking about becoming a CRE broker in CA. I have a family friend who ...
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Hello BP!I am trying to decide which direction to go with my initial investment.I’m 26, I’m 100k liquid and I’m eager to get started.I’m a full time commercial construction superintendent with some flipping experience...
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Would a 12 room small motel be a good 1st flip investment to turn it into short term, studio or 1 bedroom housing? TOTAL rehab is needed as its currently abandoned and boarded up. But its at a cheap price and near m...
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30 years ago I closed on my first real estate deal. It was a foreclosure, owned by the Resolution Trust Corporation. The RTC was a federal agency created in 1989 to resolve the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s, wh...
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I currently own 8 rentals, with 4 of them with mortgages under my name, and the other 4 with mortgages to my company name using private money with high interest ( they still cash flow so I don't mind the high inte...
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I was wondering if anyone has been doing this and if so how has it worked? The plan is to have an agent or multiple agents, who would both handle the purchase (finding the deal, negotiating it, and all standard buy...
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Hi Everyone,I recently separated from the military and was planning to use my VA home loan to start my investment journey. I started a job that took me overseas right after I left got out of the service. I was hoping ...
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After years of being in the buy and hold side of real estate investing, I finally was a genuine 'Wholesaler"It happened after years of reading about it, watching the video's and then going back to read again with the...
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I've been listening to Bigger Pockets podcast on Youtube for a while and finally took the plunge!!!!Scared, nervous and everything in between, but did what was necessary. I’ve been a dreamer of real estate investing f...
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According to Nolo.com, "The federal Fair Housing Acts do not expressly ban discrimination based on age. Nevertheless, it is definitely forbidden under the broader prohibition against discrimination on the basis of fam...