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So, here we go... I have saved up enough and I want to put it into my first investment property. After discussing with my girlfriend, we discussed a more local approach would be a safer move than trying our luck out o...
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Make the neighbors your friends, and you’ll have taken the single best step you can toward protecting a vacant property.
It’s never a good thing to drop by a vacant rental property and discover a wide open do...
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Are you using low barrier screening criteria some recommend? Self managers and property managers? Attorney's suggest safest as far as lawsuit goes but can end up with some sketchy people IMO. Having trouble trading ou...
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Hi BP community! I am new, here, on the forums. My wife and I are looking to begin our investing portfolio in/near Cook County, IL. We work full-time jobs, and plan to live in one unit for one year, at minimum. I wou...
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Hi all, I'm new to the site and real estate. I own a 3 unit in Cherry Hill and a sfh off of college north of town. I am a member of Grand Rapids RPOA which has saved me thousands of dollars with their amazing classes ...
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Hi, I'm new to Real estate investing and kind of new at BP forum. I've done some homework reading several RE books and reading BP, including the podcast. I live in El Paso, TX and I'm interested in investing on rental...
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Hi! So I always wanted to see what its like selling on your own (I know crazy) But I have the time, great property and neighborhood, some common sense and like all of us here I enjoy real estate and especially forec...
I am a new member of the BiggerPockets community. I am really enjoying all the videos, articles and podcasts. I have been utilizing the rental property calculator to familiarize myself with what kind of deal would be ...
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After being laid off back in Oct 2023 from Upper Management change (New COO) that let my General Manager and then myself go 40ish days later. There were others in the same organization at other locations that had the ...
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As a real estate agent i was seriously considering paying a bunch of money to get my website on the first page of google. Is it going to be worth it? Any tips?