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If you haven't heard about the Freakonomics bit on real estate agents and how their incentives aren't aligned with yours, watch this 3 minute video here to get some insight into the problem.https://www.youtube.co...
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Hey, I am currently a 16 year old sophomore in high school. My passion is real estate, I buy books on investing, watch youtube videos about it all day, got a job at McDonald’s to learn how to interact with people bett...
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Hi BiggerPockets Team Members,
I took Brandon Turner's advice last night watched the "How to Invest in Real Estate as a newbie". It was great, joined the Pro Membership! I also drove by a property I would like to buy...
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I have a pretty good job that I've been working at for many years. We have good credit and some money saved. I've listened to many of the podcasts on BP, ready many posts here and have learned a lot.
What I...
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I notice that it's a mixed bag when it comes to management on here. Half prefer to manage all their properties themselves and the other half won't touch a property without a manager/management company. Why is this suc...
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I just received a text from one of my tenants and I need to know how to respond!She said, “Any chance you have someone wanting to rent? I wish I taken the 6 mo instead of 18. Things change so much. I’m starting a new ...
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Hello all! Nice to meet you BP! My name is Kyle and this is what my current venture into my own bigger pockets looks like so farShort synopsis, Single, 50% custody, [100%]father. Finally had a divorce finalize about 1...
In my field (counseling), I've been working for almost 20 years. While the salaries have been low, up until this year when things really spiked, the retirement plans and money able to be set aside was just embarrassi...
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Hi BP. My husband and I own a fourplex and our neighbor/tenant has been paying rent later and later each month since she signed her lease in May. She is honestly not someone we would have rented to if we'd had control...
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HiI have just joined BiggerPockets and am amazed at the amount of information available and the way members are helping each other out. Thanks to everyone taking time out to reply to queries.I am a recent Canadian Per...