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I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...
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I’m 20, and I just dropped out of college to pursue RE full time. It’s not that I was bad at school- I had a 3.1 GPA heading into my junior year, but I just decided that since I have clarity on what I want in life, th...
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Have been looking at a few properties but haven't been able to make the leap yet. Hard to part with money in the bank and get into another mortgage.
That said, our position is good. Plenty of cash - I have around...
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New to BP and moving to Denver and hoping to begin my journey in REI.Does anyone have an opinion on the market in and around the Denver area. My understanding of it is that home values and rent prices have skyrockete...
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So we all know the market is crazy right now - i don’t know much, read a couple books and have more I want to read. One year from graduating college. I keep seeing stuff over and over saying we’re due for a correction...
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What is a deal to you and why? I'm sure not every one is strictly focused on the 70% ARV-repairs, 50% (multifamily), or 2% for B&H. The BP boys also mention that these are only guidelines, but what do you all focu...