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I just went through a transaction in Newport Beach and had escrow fees in excess of $15,000. It gave me the inspiration of looking into an escrow company in Southern California. ...
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Everyone has heard of the Federal Reserve "Stress Test" for large Wall Street banks, but many of the same principles apply to us as real estate investors. A stress test involves preparing for the rare "crisis," a once...
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Commercial real estate properties have great potential to generate significant returns for investors. However, different types of commercial real estate, or ‘real estate assets,’ have their own unique sets of risks an...
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I'm an 18-year-old living in Canada. I have no experience or any sort of knowledge about Real Estate. I have always wanted to learn about it. But, my current issue is that I don't know where to begin learning?
I woul...
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Hey Bigger Pockets, my partners and I work for a Design Build firm building 40MM Apartment complexes for other big developers and its time that we start developing for ourselves. Currently we have our eye on a lot tha...
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I am in the midst of buying my first rental property and I am searching for an investor friendly realtor . I was contacted by a realtor who also has investments and who seems pretty knowledgeable . The only issue is ...
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Hello BP community. My name is Bryan and I am excited to introduce my self officially as I have been stalking the BP boards for a while as well as listening to a lot of podcasts. I am born and raised in the Kansas Ci...
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Hi everyone! I'm a newbie looking into investing in the Raleigh/Durham area. Just wanna ask, would those that are familiar with investing in the state recommend getting a Real Estate License? Any pros and cons of gett...
I am looking for an opinion from agents that have been doing Real Estate for a while. I have 5 years+ of experience in the real estate industry, specializing in property management and commercial Real Estate. I have f...
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Hello,My name is Zafiris and I live in Athens, Greece. I am 32 years old, working as service engineer for petroleum industry. Me and my wife are just starting to invest in real estate.I have been following biggerpocke...