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With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...
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PART 1: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, the Why, the Where, the What, the How, and the How Much:
In mid-2017 my wife and I decided to go back to what had been one of our passions in the mid-90's, the ownership and manageme...
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Ok so this is probably not going to be an easy read, and i primarily write this down to make sense off my own thoughts, but i thought why not let a few of the great BP minds participate and maybe together find a satis...
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Man people are nuts.... Seriously. I make it stupid easy to get off my list. Send me a text or call. No big deal. "Hello Mr. Dossey. This is officer ***** with the ********** police Department. There's a woman up here...
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Hi all, I am an entry level investor (own my house with a mother-in-law) and am looking to buy my first true rental property. Since I live in Seattle, where prices are crazy, I am looking out of state. Currently, I ...
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So, following the near unanimous advice of everything I could find, because I have well over 10k in state and local taxes (and will likely opt for the standard deduction under the new tax bill), I went down to the Cit...
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Has anyone explored these $1 property opportunities in Italy? Curious what people's experience has been with it.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/art...
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Hi All!
I'm brand new to all of this and I'm hoping some of you could help me figure out how to find deals and get practice in with underwriting. I've been doing my homework as far as books, articles, videos, and pod...
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This is such a basic question, but I don't quite understand the basics of it.
If my income increases by 3.5% per year (that's my current raise per year per our contract) and inflation has been between 3-5% pe...
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Hey guys,I have a tenant I had to replace a toilet for at the beginning of the month due to their child flushing a number of toys down the toilet. I paid the plumber directly with the understanding the tenant would b...