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I've been on BP for a number of years, mostly in the shadows learning and focusing on my career. I'm in a position now where I've saved enough for a down payment (and then some), and have officially started looking at...
My brother was preapproved for a mortgage, found a condo, made an offer. Offer accepted. Condo went through appraisal process. Now he just found out, the condo is not FHA approved. Everyone trying to blame each-other....
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Hello everyone - my name is Peter, a recent entrant to BiggerPockets. I live and work in Oakland, CA. I was hoping to get some advice from the community about what was most instructive to you in your first year of lea...
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Would it be best to start investing in real estate locally or do I invest in the cities that are growing right now no matter if they are far from me or even in a different country?
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I have a few properties in Houston and the surrounding counties. I'm in need of refinancing theses properties. I have tenants in place for each property. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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I'm buying a SFH from a City of Trenton employee. On the day of the inspection when I arrived the employee and 2 inspectors were having a conversion. One inspector came into the empty property looked at a few things a...
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Hello everybody, my name is Michael Cline. I am a new investor just getting started. I have been reading books and listening to podcast and it's time to start. I come from the auto industry where I was a manager worki...
Since I just found you guys today - I think I don't know what I am doing!?! LOL
I may have already made some mistakes. To get to go to "Marketplace", what do you need to do, or pay, etc.? I think I somehow posted in C...
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I am currently in talks with a landlord. He has agreed to do a lease option agreement with me. Once I have the home under contract I was going to rent it out to another tenant. I was wondering if I could rent the p...
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I plan on becoming involved in real estate investing within a few months to a year, and am trying to connect with experienced investors to learn what to do and what not to do.