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I just received my FIRST social security check! Only $704 because I didn't pay enuff taxes over the 42 years of filing returns.
Anyway, I took the retirement early and this is what I receive each month. Wifey and I d...
Thanks to all the wonderful advice I have found by lurking around on BP for the last few months we are now under contract for our first rental property! It's a 3/1 SFH and we should be closing within the next 2 wee...
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I'm ready to make an offer with a seller financing contingency on a fixer duplex tomorrow, and would greatly appreciate feedback on the terms I plan to put in the offer:
Asking price: $325k. College student rental n...
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Hey All,
I'm closing soon on a new, and my first, investment property and had planned on using cozy as a means to screen tenants and to collect rents. However, it looks like they've been cannibalized by apartments(do...
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I know there are a multitude of answers to this question and each will have positives and negatives but I was just wondering....What would the best real estate investment be with $200k? I'm in Los Angeles and I am pr...
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Hi Everyone!I appreciate and look forward to everyone's feedback.I am looking to get into real estate investing in Pittsburgh, PA. I don't want to invest more than 15-20k. With my capital being limited, I have taken i...
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Hello everyone, we are currently in the process of buying our first home that needs work, we are going with a 203k loan to fix it and have some equity after all is done.We have received our first quote and we want to ...
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This is my first post here on bigger pockets! I have been learning about real estate investing and different niches to invest in. I have a simple question for everyone on the bigger pockets community and that is what ...
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Hey all you smart investors out there. My boyfriend and I have been looking into long term vs. short term rentals for the last year now and have recently started to lean towards short term. We currently house hack the...
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A few years back I was studying mortgage products and learning what other options are available for debt. One of the things that intrigued me was that ARMs can have payments lowered if you prepay the mortgage. I fou...