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Hi all, I am interested in getting started in real estate investing and pretty overwhelmed after reading a lot and doing a lot of the basics over the past 6 months. I am a physician so looking for more hands off inves...
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Hello All-
New to investing and had a few questions for those seasoned investors. My wife and I are looking at the mid-west to start investing (Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania or Kentucky) My question are in t...
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I'm currently renting in Los Angeles and the rents are super high. I
want to buy a property, but I am a little afraid especially after the treasury department said we are looking at early signs of a recession. I
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500K should give me about 2.5 Million in real estate. Where should I be looking? I live in California, and 2.5 Million doesn't go very far here. Also any general advice from experience you can lend me so I don't make ...
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This question is for those of you that do this as a living, and as a supplemental income.
What is/was your initial primary source of income? And if you've since gone into doing REI as a primary source, how secure di...
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My Wife and I would like to buy another property here in Ventura County CA near us but we are looking at 7-800K, maybe a little less if a fixer. Do we use all our cash to do something in our back yard which will appre...
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Well, first off I just reached one of my 2010 goals - to purchase a foreclosure on the court house steps!
I've been going to all auctions with meat and watching the big boys bump knuckles. You know, the stuff in the...
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Hello- I am based in Southern CA and there are limited options for getting a good deal here. Curuous where everyone is investing? cities/neighborhoods? and STR and LTR and why? I have one investment property that was ...
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I'm working on a 10 year portfolio plan for buy & hold rentals (SFR or Multifamily). I can reach my goals if I can hit 9% CoC return (on average). My secondary goal is 20% forced appreciation and 5% market appreci...
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Hi all,I've been finding really good deals for cash flow in some of the smaller towns. However I'm a bit nervous about purchasing in a town where there's not much going on.We are foreign investors, strictly purchasing...