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Hi BiggerPockets,My name is Austin Nieves and I currently live in Newport Beach California. I am a young and enthusiastic entrepreneur looking to make an impact in the real estate world and currently looking for a par...
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Hey Guys,I have been listening to the podcast and lurking in the forums for several years and have recently decided to take action. When I first started looking into real estate investing, I was a little more strapped...
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I'm a relative novice in real estate from the investment view. Check out my profile or message me if you want to know more about how I "got started" in real estate. I do have some experience with fix-n-flips, wholes...
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I recently bought a list of about 8500 names from ListSource to use for some marketing (absentee owners). I'm curious what kind of failure rate others have experienced with them, because I'm sitting on about 500 retu...
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Hey folks,
Gut checking myself a bit here. I’m looking for a cabin up to $650k around Gatlinburg (have an offer out on one) and am watching others drop 25-50k or appear to sell for 25-50k less than listing. Anyone e...
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Hello, I ran across a conversion strategy where an annuity company would add a significant cash bonus to my IRA conversion account to cover the conversion taxes so my conversion is tax free to me (well some what). T...
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In my other business I have eyes on the streets every day. We keep a list of vacant or distressed properties and have attempted to contact owners before the bank gets through the foreclosure process. Thus far I have n...
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why do some investors try to put their new STR's into service towards the end of the year when there is very little active income to offset? what is the benefit of putting a new STR into service towards the end of th...
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Hello everyone I hope you’re having an amazing day! I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Eli and I’m interested in doing fix/flip and BRRR’s I’m glad to be apart of this amazing community and can’t wait to co...
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Hello,I want to buy a duplex in an area with strong tenant laws. Beyond carefully vetting the tenants, how can an investor protect themselves from squatters if we want to sell years down the road? Or replace a bad ten...