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I’m a buy and hold investor in Youngstown, OH! Technically I’ve been a member for about a year but wasn’t as active as I should’ve been. Looking forward to learning from and speaking to everyone in the c...
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Hi, my name's Jace and I'm a 17 y/o from the bay area. I've been eyeing the RE development field for a while and I would love to learn more about its technicalities and opportunities. I see a lot of the time on websit...
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Columbus has a really strong market these days, and I'm a noob doing what I can to scale up. I'm passionate about energy efficiency and where it intersects the buildings we use (and their profitability), and got a lot...
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Is formal education (particularly RE development graduate certificates) better than hands on/ real world experience? I have done a couple rental properties, flips and wholesale deals and would like to move towards com...
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About to make my first deal but I've never done one, so I don't even know what a good deal looks like. With 20% down, it's easier, but when you only have 3.5% down, I need to set lower expectations with a FHA loan dea...
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Hi everyone,I need some advice! I am going to be transitioning into becoming basically a general contractor for my company in about a year. I've done some basic flips, etc up to this point but have no where near the ...
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Hi,My name is Mike Meerschaert and I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm moving up to Portland, OR in February 2020 and I'm planning to get started investing in real estate once up there. I work a 9-5 wi...
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Hi everyone, my name is Tony Cai, I am from Memphis, TN. I am just starting out in real estate investing. Anyways, I found a REO property in my neighborhood and put an offer in yesterday(6/18/15). I have seen the prop...
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Hey Bigger Pockets Community!My name is Jonathon Wentzel i'm 28 from Essex County NJ. I have no real estate background but i am currently working with a agent to find my first multi-family property. I'm looking at it ...
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Hello all!This discussion may be a bit cliché, but honestly I don't care. Because I am a happy fellow.It brings me much joy and excitement to say that (mostly because of what I've learned on BP) I am close to finishi...