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Hello Everyone! Currently looking for some motivation. Share what led you to leave the rat race. I currently will be keeping my job for the time being for mortgage approvals and W2 income, but would love to hear your ...
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It's a pleasure fellow BiggerPockets Members!
Who am I?
My name is Robert Hartley & I'm a new member to the BP community & this beautiful ecosystem.
I'm originally from the beautiful ever green state of W...
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Hello! My name is Ben Alesi and I recently bought a single family home in Victorian Village in Columbus, OH. I am interested in learning more about certain experiences with Airbnb and any advice regarding the initial ...
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Hello BP,I am in need of any advice that can be given regarding spending less money from my proceeds to the IRS. I have a double closing scheduled just before the new year. I would rather not see my profits taken so I...
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Hey guys,I'm fairly new to real estate. But after listening to BP, I tried the concept of house hacking I was hooked. I literally rent out a portion of my house as a studio and I get almost half of my mortgage paid. E...
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Hello All,Just chiming in here to see if anyone has experience using the Mid Term Rental strategy in the DFW area? I currently have my first rental property under contract that I am planning to utilize as a LTR. Howev...
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Hi, I live across the pond in Johannesburg, South Africa, would it be worth my while joining BP considering the fact all the content is American based? I'm not sure this site would be of any value to me.
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I'm going to build a house. When I worked as a construction manager for a homebuilder several years ago, we ordered the lumber, windows, doors, stairs/railings, garage doors, trim, cabinets, lighting, appliances, van...
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Hello,Well, I scrolled the forums & could not find a topic dedicated to meet up groups and/or creating a mastermind group for people local/or not local to my area. So I guess I will post on here in hopes to find a...
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Hello World. My name is Jeremy Paris and I currently am living in the country outside of Baltimore Maryland. I am originally from Buffalo and during my 10 years in the Army I also spent time in Oklahoma and Alask...