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Hi Team,
Im a first time investor looking to buy rental property in Charlotte NC, and before investing have the below 3 questions on finding / choosing a contractor. Any help or responses in general are much apprecia...
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This is my first time posting to Bigger Pockets! So excited to use this resource. I read a book by Bigger Pockets 3 years ago on out-of-state investing and bought my first out-of-state investment property halfway thro...
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Hi everyone,I am new to real estate investing. I decided to purchase my first house for a flip a few months ago. I purchased the house, built in 1950, for $49,000 with funds from my newly formed Self directed IRA set ...
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Hi everyone, I have been reading books, blogs, attending webinars for about 3 months now. My goal is to buy my first property by year end. I obtained pre approval for an investment property and talked to a real estat...
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What's up BP been a while. I purchased a triplex OOS in November . Two of my inherited tenants always pay on time or within a few day . Now the 3rd cost me a bunch of money by leaving with no notice and trashing the p...
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We talk about analysis paralysis regarding a deal, but for me it’s even before that… I’ve got some cash saved, a good W-2 job with decent income and great credit (>800)… but the job requires most of my time so I do...
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So I'm new here and stepping out on a (relatively) small scale.
I've been looking at the distressed properties around me, thinking of my retirement, and basically said, "hey, why not build some sweat equity on one of...
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I’m Jason Rodriguez from Tampa, FL. I am 35 years old and am considering real estate investing as a career change. Now is probably the right time for me to do this. But first I need to learn much more about it and fin...
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I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.
Between working as a real estate agent vs s...
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I'm new to real estate investing and was considering getting my real estate license as a way to increase my knowledge of the industry and also my exposure to deals. I want to invest in real estate for retirement reaso...