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Hi Bigger Pockets community, I am 26 years old with an undergraduate education in geology. I've spent the last couple of years wandering aimlessly and it hasn't paid off to do so. Trying to reinvent myself, my strateg...
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My goal is to buy 1 rental property this year. Tell me about your first purchase!
Where was it?
How did it go?
Do you still have it?
1 thing youwish you knew?
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Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors. As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...
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I don't want to announce the sky is falling and be a Debbie Downer, but in my opinion, now is NOT the time to be investing in real estate for rookie investors, especially flips. I keep seeing a lot of posts from newbi...
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Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...
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I am an investor who listed a house on sale with a realtor. We received several offers and I selected a loan offer. The contract had a special stipulation indicating that buyer is willing to pay $5k over appraisal if ...
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It took me a while to pay off my first 2 rentals. I then bought a duplex about a month ago. I want to scale my business. I am real fortunate in my life right now bc I don’t have children and I’m not married so I can r...
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Seen this pop up on several “top 10 trends going out of style in 2022” type articles. It cites Covid work from home as the reason, where people desire more privacy now. Personally I’m having a hard time coming up with...
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I'm having a difficult time getting 1st lienholder to provide details (payoff) to us as we are 2nd lienholder. They don't know but we're about to foreclose. I know we are entitled to info but what should I provide &a...
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I have ~500k liquid to invest but still confused where to start. Everything I've been reading has been about eventually raising capital but how do you start when you already have the capital? I'm looking for max cash ...