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Hi everyone,I am a young, 23 years old, military officer looking to begin investing in real estate. I am stationed in San Diego where the house prices seem to be crazy expensive unless you want to live east, outside t...
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Hello All,
It is great feeling to join this forum.
Here is my situation and my questions:
Situation :
1) I bought an investment property (condo-1bd/1bt) using HELOC (prime + 1.25%) out of my re...
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During the first week of the month, like most landlords, I'm tasked with collecting rent, paying bills and utilities, and as always, looking for more property to acquire.
I have never expensed lunch when i'm out and ...
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Hope everyone is having a great day, I will jump right in as i am still pretty new to real estate investing. I found the best way for me to get started was by wholesaling properties. The strategy i have been working o...
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Hey BP Real Estate Agents ! I'm closing on my first buyer side sale as a Realtor. I'm just curious if you have any cool ideas for closing gifts and how much I should spend on it. Listed price was 519,000 and I got...
Hello there! I'm new to the community. I was told this was a great place for this kind of question.
Context:
I have been a very successful handyman for 2 years, with a prior business degree & past history of run...
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I'm currently educating myself on the aspects of RE I want to pursue but I just want to throw this question out to Moore seasoned investors.
Does pursuing pre approval for mortgages put a hit on your credit?
I have g...
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I've been reflecting back as it is about a year now, since I began shopping for my 1031 exchange. Back then, I pivoted out of an owner occupied Los Angeles office building (that I had owned for 15 years), into 3 multi...
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Hello Bigger Pockets, I am very excited to finally write this. I (Dillon Duffy) have been working on a building for a few weeks now and listening to Bigger Pockets podcast and videos on YouTube and trying to self lear...
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I've been thinking about adding vacant property leads to our marketing campaigns.One of my concerns, is that it seems like you'd need to keep buying these frequently, as a house that's vacant this month could very wel...