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Hi BP members, this is the first time posting here. I have been reading books and listening to Podcasts daily last 6 months or so. Currently living in Illinois and looking to move out from Illinois in next 3-6 mon...
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Hello BP Community!
I'm Bill from San Diego. I've made a goal to purchase my first real estate investment this year. I'm still learning about different strategies, markets, etc. from podcasts, books, and the learni...
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I would like to get thoughts and opinions on investing in vacation rental properties (pros and cons). I currently own a non-vacation rental duplex property but was thinking of diversifying with my next investment prop...
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Hello all, I’m a super newbie here. I’ve been trying to brainstorm for ways to get into the investing world. Here’s my situation: My parents want to gift us a house with a budget of $1M- $1.2M. They will purchase and ...
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What are the pros and cons of each when compared? Thank you!
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I'm looking to start with Multi-Family (duplex/triplex). I have my own home so this will have be as an investor with 20% down. I know there are things I need to do to analyze if the deal is a good one, like rental ra...
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Hi BP! I live in California, I am new to real estate and am looking to do some out-of-state investing mostly for cash flow. I am primarily looking for small multi-family and exploring cities in Ohio like Columbus, Day...
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So I get 15-20 leads for each booking on Furnished Finder, which is a PITA because of all the manual follow-up and manual paperwork required vs AirBnB and others with instant booking and streamlined tenant approvals/p...
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My name is Alex and my wife's name is Jessica. We have been talking about investing in real estate for a couple of years. Really, coming on here, reading books on real estate, and joining some of the free webinars is ...
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Hi everyone! Super excited to have found the BiggerPockets community! I am based in Oregon and I am planning on diving into the world of out of state investing.
I have bought and sold a couple of homes here locally ...