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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,My name is Joel Fischer. I am from Portland Oregon. I work for a business association doing government relations. I am a bit of a part time entrepreneur and newly minted real estate inve...
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Hi everyone!
Newbie investor in the Jacksonville, Fl market. Finally working to get this thing started! Been reading forums, listening to a ton of podcasts from a bunch of different investors (BiggerPockets...
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Hey BP, I am wondering if anyone knows of any books that are helpful when learning to invest in Apartment buildings. I currently invest in single-family and duplexes, but eventually, I want to scale to larger buildin...
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Hello all!My name is Gustavo Martinez, i am starting up in Real Estate investing by going to Real Estate school and getting licensed. My goal is to buy many buy and hold properties, hopefully will be getting my first ...
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I have a future farming area that is full of 1970's ranch homes with original owner occupants. There is high equity with many of the properties simply because of the time they have been occupied. I want to start direc...
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Thanks to everyone involved at BP. Especially @Joshua Dorkin (I miss you on the podcast) and @Brandon Turner. I have been working to get involved in real estate for the last 8 years. I listened to every podcast at lea...
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Hi bp community - I'm interested in your opinion on why you would or would NOT short-term rental your property. I talk to property owners almost everyday and while some are completely for the STR model because it bri...
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My name is Ryan Stroik and I currently live in Minot, ND. I am very new to investing trying to learn as much as I can from this great forum. I plan on starting my investing in the Dallas Ft Worth area as I will be mov...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,
As a young professional model in NYC I began looking for a side job that would work with my on the go lifestyle, castings, and bookings. My mother held a RE license down south on the ...
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Would it be too much to say that Brandon Turner and Bigger Pockets helped us thrive in the era of COVID? I don’t think so. We’ve gone from two full-time jobs to one and we’ve become accredited investors almost by acci...