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Hello BP friends!I'm Minyan from Southern California, new to BP. After reading some books (Poor day rich dad, The millionaire real estate investor, Long distance investing by David Greene), and listening to tons of BP...
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Hello everyone! I am currently working on my first deal. I have two questions:1. Do I make an offer on the property before speaking to the private lender?2. Is the inspection supposed to be done after the offer has be...
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Good morning all, hoping to get some advice and learn some new things!Moved to NE Houston a couple years back from Buffalo NY and this area has really seen a jump in home prices. My parents had rental properties so I ...
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Hey guys, my name is Blake Catanzano and I live / invest in Oklahoma City. I've been browsing the forums for months and am now ready to get myself involved with this awesome community! I wanted to share with you guys...
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First, thanks to everyone here for creating/maintaining a great site. I'm new here and am learning a lot via the posts, articles, and more.
I've noticed that there are lots of posts and advice on how to get s...
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My wife and I are looking to do a 1031 exchange on a property we have in escrow. We stand to net approximately $1.5M in profit, and we are looking to roll it into a long term investment. Ideally, we would like to ...
I talked to the mortgage lender who helped my wife and I buy our house, and told him I wanted to rent out my current house and buy a new one. He said that I could do so with 5% down, assuming that my wife and I qualif...
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Hi guys. I'm still in the "learning" phase of my investment journey. Although I have a lot of capital already, and plan to save even more in 2019, I wanted to know - are there tax advantages/disadvantages of opening a...
Hello everyone! I've been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for some time now but I never bothered to sign up for the site until today so now I'm here! I do have a question because one id the podcasts they menti...
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So, I am at a loss of what my next step should be. I currently own three propertues. One being my personal home, one is the house my wife had bought before I met her (which we now have rented out), and the other is a ...