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Hi All,One of my biggest goals in life is to achieve financial independence and escape the 9-5 grind. For those who have accomplished this, how long did it take you to reach that point in your life through Real Estate...
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I'm finally joining the forum, after listening to the podcast for months :-)I've flirted with the idea of investing in real estate for years now, but was never sure how to integrate it with how strongly I feel about r...
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Hello, to start off on some basics Im 24 and live in central Illinois and im looking to start making extra income in real estate until i can get enough deals done to where i can do it full time. My issue is i have no ...
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For the past two and a half years I have become focused on increasing my real estate activity and investment. During that time, I have been rather silently soaking in Bigger Pockets Blog articles, forum conversatio...
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Curious to hear thoughts regarding this article.https://www.mashvisor.com/blog/top-cities-buy-and-hold-investment-properties/
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I wanted to see if anyone's property management software provides the option to run a Profit & Loss/Income Statement that shows the breakout from Potential Gross Income to Effective Gross Income, including vacancy...
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Hi--just learned that my property manager has completely changed its fee structure. Instead of a percentage based on rental income it's gone to a flat fee per unit. If I owned more expensive properties, this would b...
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Hi ! My name is Kirsten. I’m new to real estate investing but have read ~10 books in the past month and decided my market of choice will be Florida. (I am not restricted to where I move, as I work from home.) I origin...
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Was responding to a blog about inflation and Fed interest rate hikes in the future. Sharing my comments here.
There is tons of Noise around the economy, historical, political, world events, etc. I look at two dif...
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I am a new Real-Estate Investor and I am looking for my first investment using BRRRR. I'm in the process of educating myself and analyzing deals and living in Colorado Springs I don't have the most favorable local mar...