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Hi everyone,
I am trying to figure out my best option for a house that was gifted to me while my parent was still alive. It was mentioned to me in a previous thread that I could pay 0% capital gains if my i...
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Greetings! Well, my highest aspiration for joining this site is that one or more of you kind and generous people will prevent me from doing something absolutely idiotic and extremely costly. Overall, I would definitel...
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Hey all, my name is Trent Moore and I am kind of new here to Bigger Pockets forum and Real Estate. I signed up a few weeks ago and have done some lurking on the forums and it seems like a good place to participate in ...
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Hi All!
New member here from the Bay Area. My wife and I are looking to start a real estate investment business on the side. For right now we're focusing on vacuuming up as much knowledge as possible and tryi...
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Hi everyone, I'm Preben!Originally from Norway, recently relocated to the U.S. and Florida.Me and my wife relocated from Windermere outside Orlando, to a little town in between Orlando and Tampa called Plant City. Sin...
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Can someone explain the velocity banking strategy? I have seen the concept explained as a way to use a HELOC to pay principle only checks to your mortgage as a way to pay off a loan in an extremely short amount of tim...
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Hello BP,My name is Gilbert Montero, I go by Gem. I’m 34 years old, grew up in the Philippines, emigrated in the US when I was 21. Have been living in AZ ever since. I’m a newbie investor based in Gilbert, AZ. Me and ...
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Hi all,I'm a new investor in the Friendswood, Texas area (South East Houston). My wife and I have four kids, and are quite active with sports or other activities with the kids on the weekends. It is rare that we hav...
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This is my first post so please bear with me...So I've always been interested in Real Estate. Bought my first home in 2007, complete basket case and was considered by the neighbors as the "scary house on the corner"....
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HI all, which works best? Anyone have experience here? Does the catchy webuyhouses.com work better than SmithHomeBuyers.com? What says you? :)