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Hello,
I am 35, live in Chicago and work in the Loop for a demanding finance company. I never owned any real estate and have been renting a high rise one bedroom for $1,800 in River North with my girlfriend for the p...
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Hello BP!For starters, the "Pro" designation under my name is (for now) a lie! I'm not even a newbie. I've been lurking here for about a year and I finally decided to say hello and get started. I upgraded my member...
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Hello fellow BP members! I came across BP just 2 weeks ago after stumbling across Podcast 197 with Chris Heeren. Wow, what an eye opener! Since then, we have attended 2 trustee auctions, a couple BP webinars and list...
I came into some money awhile back and would like to take a this coming semester off from college to try to make some money flipping a home. College is taking longer than expected and I am using a lot of cash to atten...
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Hello BP Investors!
I am interested in interviewing some of BP’s longest-term, most experienced investors about what they would do differently, if they could do it all again, for my "Lessons Learned" column in Bigger...
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Hi all,New to the forum, just wondering if anyone is investing in Japan? I'm local and looking to see if anyone is nearby and wondering some things like how well BRRRR might work in our market (my feeling is not as we...
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I received an email inviting me to be on the Clayton Morris podcast. Never heard of him or his podcast and am curious if anyone has listened to it. I went to his page and saw a huge red flag for me; Financial Freedom ...
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I contacted one of my mentors after not talking for almost year while I built up some capital. Which a year ago he told me I needed to save more before I jumped into real estate. When I talked to him today he advised ...
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/rent-to-own-homes-make...Buy a property and do a lease purchase. Simple.