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We have 4 single family properties in town, and are in the process of looking to purchase our 5th property. However we are having trouble determining a strategy – we go back and forth between in-town lower income neig...
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Hello! This is my first post. Impressive site and community. Hoping someone can help me, the newbie. I mean, really new lolSo i have been working on my credit score, now over 680. I actually have saved $65k total (vs ...
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I am an Iowan looking for midwest regional market data. When looking at all of the big research firms for cap rate data based on my specific area it is impossible to find Iowa or even Des Moines in the reports. What i...
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Good Morning BP,
My wife and I are moving to Washington in January for my job. Our plan is to rent for a year, determine the area in which we want to live, then buy. I've only been to Washington once so I never got...
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I am looking at a property that makes sense with numbers although I am running into some folks that say it is a bad area. Does anyone else have experience investing in that area and how did it go?
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Happy New Years all ! What books would you recommend to a beginner investor?
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Hello to the Bigger Pockets community.My name is Dustin Jamison and I live in Brunswick, OH which is about 30 minutes south of Cleveland.I am new to Real Estate investing as I have a full time job as an IT Manager of ...
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Hi BP community! I am new, here, on the forums. My wife and I are looking to begin our investing portfolio in/near Cook County, IL. We work full-time jobs, and plan to live in one unit for one year, at minimum. I wou...
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Student rentals make good buy-and-hold investments, or else people would've stopped buying them a long time ago.
But what are the pros and cons associated with a student housing investment compared to a traditiona...
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Hi,Any investor invest in Student Housing near University Of Texas campus like UT Austin, UT Dallas, Texas Tech Lubbock etc... I see all campus are growing a lot and there can be recession proof opportunity in these a...