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Hello friends. My wife and I live in Oregon and we want to buy our first rental, but the interest rates and the housing prices in Portland are very high. A 3-bedroom house starts at $450k. But I'm getting the feeling ...
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Do you have a college degree? If so, in what field?
Has that helped you in your real estate investing? Or do you think you could have done with out it?
I am a firm believer that our path in life has lead us where we...
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While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...
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I am in the position to go green aka electric thanks to solar, the numbers all make sense to move in this direction. My net out of pocket expense is roughly $14K, finance it with a low payment, and rapidly pay it off....
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Do you tell your buyers your assignment fee before closing? I have friends who have been asked by potential buyers what their assignment fee will be even before they sign any contract. I really do not feel you shoul...
I have been watching the last 4 months in absolute awe. Unemployment is through the roof, businesses are going bankrupt, most people are staying home not spending money yet the stock market and Real Estate market are...
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One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...
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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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Does anyone own vacation rentals in the Poconos, if so how is that going, would you recommend investing there?
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Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...