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Hi BP people!My name's Jonathan, and I'm a father of 3 kids (6, 4, 2) with 1 more due this October. Yes, they're cute (and of course, I'm biased :) ):I'm also a co-owner in a design/web/strategy business that's been ...
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so, some people I attend church with told me last year they were investors. I shared I wanted the same , so they let me use their real estate book. Last week, they offered to wholesale to me my first deal. Question: d...
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Good morning,I'm a landlord with 1 property. It's a 4 bdrm and rents for $1950/month. I have been paying $135/month to a property management company and as far as I can tell, all they do is collect the rent, keep th...
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So I've ready more books than I can count, heard all the podcasts, read the articles, stalked the forums, etc. Classic I should have started investing a long time ago stuff. I know. I'm working on it. However, all thi...
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I must admit, I do NOT have any Vacation Rental properties. I am however; fascinated by this niche, and in fact was the one that pushed to get a forum devoted to it. My question is this, how many of you actually have ...
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New to the forum, curious how many people started out with a mentor. I am 21, a recent college grad, law school bound. REI has always been a goal of mine regardless of any other job. I have capital, no debt and excell...
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Hello, bigger pockets world! Hope everyone is doing well and all your families are healthy during these unprecedented times. Furthermore, I am a new investor looking to invest out of state in areas like Texas, North C...
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As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against. The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...
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I debated on posting this because the incident has discourage me so much. But here it is:Last Friday I arrived home to a business card from a detective from our police department. I had just got home from visiting my ...
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About four years ago I got a 4-unit property with a FHA 203K loan, I was 26. The goal was to fix it up, live in it and rent the other 3 units out to cover the entire mortgage and have a a slight profit. I was gettin...