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Hello all,I've been a longtime student of BiggerPockets and recently made the jump into my first purchase. My girlfriend and I recently bought a duplex and will be occupying one side and renting out the other. The pro...
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Does anyone use budget software like Mint or Everydollar? I have used a simple Excel spreadsheet and went to check one out, but not really comfortable with adding all of my bank user name and passwords just for autom...
So, I am new to notes but I see all of the time people say, "notes are good with the right systems in place". What are these systems, what do they do, what should I be putting in place? I was in a notes workshop recen...
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I currently have a growing property management company consisting of about 250 units in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and I am looking for owners of similar sized companies to network and brainstorm growth strategies. I ...
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So I'm still in the learning process of real estate investing and this question randomly came to me. For those of you who currently have property and have (rental) income generating from it, do you have separate bank ...
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On deals where you plan to rent, lease option, seller finance, or hold for any amount of time, which do you guys normally do? Obviously both have their advantages...but what strategy do you prefer?
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Hello BP, I am new to this site and I see that a lot of people are eager to get started with buying properties for all kinds of reasons. There seems to be a lot of interest in Tampa for rentals. I consider Tampa to be...
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Hi BP members, am hoping the brilliant minds here can help me out once again. I did a search in the forum on bookkeeping and only three questions came up on bookkeeping none of which got a reply so here goes the fourt...
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Experienced in SF and small multifamily 1-4 units. Currently have 13 units across 8 buildings that i have had for 7-10 years in C areas. Appreciation since the crash has been really slow to come back and many of my pr...
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My wife and I are realty agents, and we are in our first year. Up until now, we have been employed by companies that provided W-2s. I am doing what I can to keep track of our finances and tax obligations, but we are l...