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Hello, pocket growers:
What are two things you wish you knew when getting into note purchasing that you didn't know when you first dove in? Thanks in advance!
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Hi guys! I'm a rising senior at Boston College interested in buy and hold real estate investing. I've started reading books on real estate investing this summer and stumbled upon the Bigger Pockets podcast where I've ...
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I want to get a head start in real estate but I don't exactly have a nice big income. I make almost 20k a year and have about 12k in savings. I can save pretty easy right now because I do not have many expenses.One of...
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Hello! I will be closing on my first STR in early June and could really use some recommendations on how to manage it myself. I have worked with long-term rentals and flips, but this seems like a whole new world! I wou...
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Economic Update
(Monday, July 13, 2020)
Not since the 1960s has the United States experienced social upheaval like it is experiencing today. We have protests, an upcoming national election, and a massively divide...
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We started investing in upstate New York area right after the correction in 2009. Since then, me and my partners acquired several properties in C and D areas. We also have some in B areas. Our property manager that w...
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Just went under contract on what will be a 6/3 with separate entrance and 2nd kitchen in the basement. Conversion to a duplex will be cumbersome, so interested in BPs nation's creative ideas for best use as a sin...
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We where faced with the challenge to rehab or not a property we own free and clear in Puerto Rico. I am originally from there... This is a class C+ neighborhood in the Carolina area near a regional hospital. The econo...
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Hey everyone,
I’m closing on a deal at the end of this month, this will be my first time going through a rehab for a property and hiring out the work. I’m hiring a handyman because most of the work is things like pai...
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I'm considering the possibility of acquiring properties out of state as rentals, either SFH, or small MF properties. I'm located in the Seattle area, but rentals in the midwest are priced significantly lower with muc...