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Hey everyone! I'm new to interacting on the website, but I've been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast for about two years and I'm obsessed. I just received my Florida Real Estate License and, as excited as I...
I am novice real estate investor and trying to sponge up all available strategies...especially financing strategies. This community is the best and want to leverage the expertise and experience here.I know there is AR...
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I found a good deal and I'm about to put it under contract. Is it necessary to put down earnest money or is there another alternative?
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Columbus.
Purchase price: $20,000
Cash invested: $30,000
Sale price: $84,900
The house was in need of a total remodel. It had...
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I know many who are upside down on their house and need some hard money lending.
Is there a market for these leads to refer them to hard money lenders?
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I am currently in the process of looking for my first multi-unit building to purchase and rent out. My brother has offered to loan me the money to purchase a building with cash and I could just pay him back the exact ...
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Hi BP,This actually is not something I thought about until reading a recent popular forum about private lending scam artists... but does anyone have any advice for vetting private money lenders for first timers? Any b...
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Quick survey I'm doing for my business statistics class. If a licensed broker was approached by an outside party(s) to start their own brokerage house how many would? The catch is the outside party isn't licensed t...
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Here is a bit of background: A friend of mine and I have teamed up and are diving into real estate. Neither of us have any substantial cash on hand but we both have good jobs and good credit. We’ve teamed up because...
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I keep coming across posters asking for advice on how to “scale” their investment or business activities. What they’re missing is that they first need to ask “Is my business / investment process scalable? Here’s, th...