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Hi all, brand new to the forum and to BP. Heard about it a long time ago but got more interested from @Scott Trench's recent appearance on the Money Guy podcast. I have no previous rental business experience, although...
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Recently I have had a few foreign investors contact me on linkedin interested in some of my bigger deals I have with other wholesalers. not thats all fine and dandy but my issue is that i cant contact them since there...
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Hello BP community!My name is Rick and I live in Olathe, KS. I am looking to get into REI and I am glad I found BiggerPockets! Today I am employed full time leading a team of technical sales engineers for an enterpr...
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Hello everyone. My name is Bobby Valcin and I currently reside in Lake Worth Florida. I decided to start getting back into real estate investing about three weeks ago. I'm hoping to do things the right way this time. ...
Hello, very new to this forum and this topic. I am trying to put together the following information and would be grateful for any thoughts you all may have.1. I would like to take one of my current employer 401K's a...
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Purchasing a rental property in the coming months, with a plan to have several by the end of 2025. We have a real estate attorney, - Is there a suggested amount of properties to have in one trust? - If so, what is the...
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I am considering investing in my first property and have thought about partnering with a friend. What are the pros and cons of investing (especially starting off) with a partner?I would likely using a private money lo...
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I have one rental that I have rented out for the past 4 years using Evolve. I'm looking at self-managing and would be interested in suggestions for apps to sink calendars between Airbnb and VRBO. Also open to sugges...
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I know that in Texas if a property with only one lien against it is sold at a foreclosure auction for more than the amount of the loan being foreclosed upon, then the excess is paid back to the owner who was foreclose...
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Seems like most posts on here are about the "How" of real estate investing, but not as much about the "Why."
So why do you invest? Is it just to have more and more income? Is it to reach a certain amount of cash flow...