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Folks, Newbie here - so please be a bit soft on me...:-)I own a home (#1) in the Nor-Cal South Bay-Area - which I bought a few years ago, for a little under $800k. Current mtg is $1300. Property tax is ~$900/mo. Add H...
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I currently work as a self employed business owner and have made over $100k for the past two years. I found a niche that has worked so far, however I don’t think it’s something sustainable or will last forever. I have...
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I am a nurse by day and a father of 4 boys I am doing everything I can for my family. I want to get into real estate to one day get out of the rat rase of the hospital life. I have a house I bought back in 2014 and no...
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So, this is my issue. I am first time home buyer, and first generation home buyer as well. No one in my family ever owned a property. Just graduated and wanted to get my own place after saving a lot. This whole proces...
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My wife and I own a house and land worth about 1 million, free and clear. We are in a hot market in the Austin area. We have previously flipped homes and owned a few rentals prior to the housing crash. I decided to ge...
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In many of the BP podcasts, articles, and blogs, the idea comes up frequently that people who really have major issues during donwturns or in RE investing in general are people who buy wrong (pretty clear I think), or...
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During the launch of the NW Chicagoland BP Meetup (where I was the guest speaker), I was asked the question:"Wendell, how do you find all these good deals?"My answer: you got to boil down finding deals into a science....
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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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So I am an absolute newbie. I'm in the Suburban Philadelphia area where the market is crazy right now and it's so difficult to find a deal to make money on. I'm sure I'm not looking in the right places because of my l...