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Hey BP Community - My employer does not match 401k contributions so I'm considering abandoning the contributions altogether and instead investing in something like the SPY ETF on a regular basis. I'm curious if anyone...
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Hello,I am new to the world of syndication (LP investor) and want to understand how taxes at a high level for syndication as LP before asking individual specific questions to my CPA.Notably, I want to understand how p...
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In the beginning it wasn't too hard. The property depreciation would usually shelter all the income from my rental properties. Now that these buggers are getting paid off the income is increasing and the depreciati...
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I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.
Between working as a real estate agent vs s...
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Im 24 and looking to change my future. Im going to be moving but i cant figure out if i should sell my home (which is my first home) or rent it out. After i lose my homestead to rent it out the morgage will be about 1...
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Hello everyone! My name is William Rose and I'm an 18 year old entrepreneur. Ever since I was in middle school I've been the kid trying to establish a business in one way or another, whether it was selling gums t...
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Hello,I am new to this forum and real estate investing. I have been doing some reading and feel that real estate could potentially help me reach my goal of financial freedom so that I have more time to spend with my f...
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Just finished writing out our business plan. Please take a look and let me know what you think. Missing anything? Any suggestions? This plan will be sent to prospective Equity Partners within the next week, any input...
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Hi all,
We just backed out of purchasing our first investment property as it needed a new roof (per the property inspector and 3 roofers) and he refused to submit an insurance claim (saying the roof has 10 more years...
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Hi y’all, I’m new to real estate investing and looking for some advice. I bought my own primary residence two years ago and fixed it up then sold it when I switched carriers and moved out of state. Fixing up that firs...