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Hey guys and gals. I want to start this post by saying thank you for taking the time to read it (if you do so). I'll try to keep it short and sweet. Over the last few months my wife and I have become incredibly excite...
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Labor: 180-hours (15hrs/wk, $80K median household income) = ($7,200)
Labor includes reading BP(education), looking at properties, going to REI association meeting’s, talking to banks, agents, internet research(home...
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I have a private lender who is loaning $80,000 at 4% interest paid back at $266 a month for six months with the $80,000 paid back at the end he's charging $800 origination fee is this a scam ?
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Baltimore tax sale is going on as I write this. Getting blown out. Extreme competition in our space. Typically there would be only on or two other bidders on the low end properties. Today we have 4-8 bidders even o...
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Hello there, new to this community. I have been listening to a lot of the BP podcasts and youtube videos for the last few weeks. My husband and I are both in medicine. Next year he will be an attending and I will be s...
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Hello all. I'm not sure if I am doing this right or not. I purchased QB Desktop last month to convert my 6 spreadsheet rental property tracking system to one program. I have never used any accounting software before a...
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New investor here. My first property was a multi-family in Iowa. I got it for dirt cheap, and now I see why. The former owner (LLC) was rather lacking on upkeep of the units. And now after a year, the utilities are ea...
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So I may be over thinking this or maybe this actually does matter as much as I think it does, but I am in the process of getting my real estate salesperson license. I’m on track to be licensed next month and I’m curio...
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It's the start of a new year and the end of my first year of real estate investing. Just wanted to quickly share my story and hopefully inspire some people :)Literally 13 months ago, I had 0 interest or education abou...
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I have to admit that I was drawn to BiggerPockets in a somewhat roundabout way. You see, I'm not so much interested in Real Estate as a business that I want to get into, but as a means to an end. That end of course ...