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Hi Bigger Pockets Community,Good afternoon. I am a complete newbie to Real Estate and for the past month have taken a deep dive into acquiring knowledge and educating myself on the basics. I am in the NJ and PHiladelp...
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Hello local investors. I am attending a real estate investing workshop hosted by Fortune Builder"s Than Merrill, and I must say the information is valuable and useful. The speed at which the information is delivered i...
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Hello All,My friend and I are just starting out in the business. He has spent the last year within the Rich Dad consulting program. Would you recommend Fortune Builders over Rich Dad or vise versa?Would you recommen...
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Hey guys! I have 2 questions:
1. Are you aware if I can deduct the following expenses:
-4 educational books (legal tax guide, how to successfully manage your properties, etc)
-office supplies: files, folders, paper c...
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Hello, all. :)
Our family is just getting started in the process of investing in real estate. Neither of our families have done so in the past, so it's completely new to us, yet we feel up to the challenge.
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Hi biggerpockets!This is my first post, so I'd like to introduce myself a little. My name is Akash and I graduated college 4 months ago as a chemical engineer from UCSD. I've been employed for about 3 months and rec...
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Ok, so I don't have my first deal yet, but I wanted to know how do I get funding to buy my first wholesaling deal,so that I can know for future reference. What are the options? Hard money lenders? Investors? If I chos...
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According to the College Board, the average price tag for a student attending a public institution is around 20k per year, while those attending a private university averaged a little over 40k. With yearly tui...
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I would like some recommendations for online continuing education classes. I used RealEstateExpress.com for my pre licencing course (They were ok), now I need to take my post licence course. I know there are a lot of ...
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How long did it take you to get off the ground from conception to consistent deals?
If you were to start over what would you have done different?
What's your story?