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Someone please explain to me how to create my first cash flow property...I'll use easy round numbers to simplify. I pay $1000 per month on my own mortgage. I have 100k equity I can access for a HELOC. I open a HELOC f...
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My name is Chris Wong, I currently live with my wife and daughter in San Ramon, CA. I am looking to get into retail commercial real estate. I've been working with a real estate agent, trying to find a property &l...
I am looking at self directed IRA's using LLC's. From what I have read, this give the investor total control because the funds are at a local bank with check book control. This sounds great because it lowers the trans...
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Hello Biggerpockets! Long time lurker, first time poster here from Southern California. Like many others, I've been binge-watching the podcasts and reading many of the blog posts here on this site.I am pretty much a c...
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Hi my name is Sam MacLean, I live in New Hampshire and am ready to start investing in real estate. I am looking for foreclosures and have found a few I want to make offers on so I have started the process of getting ...
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WARNING: When reading the Guru Review threads, take note that in many cases, the gurus will send their friends to shill on their behalf. These people are typically easy to pick out, as they usually have only a handfu...
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Hello,Been reading a lot of RE books, listening to more BP podcasts (on show 101 currently) and looking at what my next steps should be. I wanted to pay down my student loan, and that was my primary goal. When I gradu...
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This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...
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Hello Eric and flipper 101 this is Jorge, ya know ,mr. 'no such thing as motivated sellers" guy? anywhoo, i ran an ad which got me a call for a lead that i'm working on(seller says he's motivated but his asking price ...
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Fair warning, this is a long post where I share my REI journey and I'd like to thank all of the BiggerPockets community for the support they have provided along the way!Hello! My name is Jacob Allen and I wanted to w...