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Moving to NYC soon and I'd love to house hack a duplex, but considering cost and my newbie experience level, I'm more inclined to invest outside of the city. I've only looked at the MLS (really just zillow, realtor, a...
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Hello,I am currently trying to find my intro to real estate investing. I make about 89k a year and I have about 20k saved (~10k in bank and ~10k in ETFs). The main issue for me right now is that I live in NYC and if I...
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I did W2 for 30 years as in corporate IT. Dabbled in real estate but never went for it big time - bought and sold a few primary residences and a couple of condos over the years. Now I'm 56 and hoping to never work for...
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As we are now 8 weeks into the year, have you bought a note (or CFD)? If not what is holding you back. Have you found a mentor to work with to assist you on what is holding you back?
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I am a complete newbie and am planning to buy my very first investment property (very first property to be exact). I live in Los Angeles but the real estate here is way out of my price range. Does anyone have any advi...
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My goal for wholesaling is to do 1 deal per 2 months in the year 2017. I will soon live in the Waco, Texas area and will be attending Baylor university. This will be a part time venture but I know that it will take ha...
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Hi BP,It's always nice when you get to click "Real Estate Success Stories" as your Forum Category:)I would just like to share with the community that I am now an owner of 2 properties, because I just closed my 2nd dea...
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So I screwed up last year, or at least according to my current strategy. I refi'd my 30yr mortgage on rental property down to a 15yr, and paid points to get down to 3.5% interest.
Now I'm wishing I pulled cash out s...
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Finally got my first deal done!!! It was a hell of an experience, but I wanted to receive my first rent check before I posted my success story.Quick background on myself: I am 25, finance degree, work full-time, aspir...
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Hi! I’m Christine. I need help. I decided almost 10 years ago that I wanted to become a REI. My grandfather had multiple rental properties and at a young age I understood the benefits and was intrigued. No sooner had ...