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My name is Elliot and have been listening to BP podcast for the last month or so; I'm hooked! I got my feet wet in the early parts of 2015 with a buy-and-hold duplex in downtown Iowa City. This area is huge for renti...
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Hello everyone! I found bigger pockets on You Tube about 9 months ago and finally made the move to make a profile here on the website. I am a new investor and just completed my first house hack so I have (1) rental an...
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Hello All – I’m new to Real Estate Investing and I’m considering signing up for an online Real Estate Investing Course to help me to focus my education. That said, I wanted to ask the BP community for their thoughts ...
South side born and raised and I really like the area (ie the 6 county cluster south of Marion - Franklin, Columbus, Shelbyville, Mooresville, Bloomington sort of rectangle). Particularly where I am in Franklin, I've ...
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Hello fellow Biggerpockets members! I've been lurker for quite a while now, soaking up as much information as possible through all the educational resources Biggerpockets has to offer. Back in January of this yea...
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Hello!I'm a newbie here and one of the things I love about bigger pockets and their podcasts are the book recommendations each of the guests have at the end of the show. Needless to say I am starting to amass quite a ...
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Hi BP Gals and Guys! So glad I found BP and resources it offers—truly amazing! I am ready to learn as much as possible about real estate investing in Las Vegas, Henderson. My wife and I moved to Las Vegas from So Cal ...
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I am moving to Columbus Ohio in a few months and I am looking to start my first house hack there. I would love to meet other people who are currently investing in the Columbus OH market. I would love to talk and conne...
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Hi Everyone,
While trolling the internet I cam across Big Pockets and man was I surprised. I had no idea such a community existed and have been glued to it the last week.
I guess I'll start at the begi...
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1) Standard deduction and personal exemption combined and seems like everyone is getting more... so its a wash IMHO.2) Less deductions for those who don't have a business like real estate investments. Sigh... it just ...