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This forum is for anyone coming to my Networking Summit who would like to talk about the Arizona market and start connecting before the Summit! (see website in signature).@Patrick O'Sullivan reached out from the Phoen...
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Hi BP members!! This will be our first post so please bare with us. So we received a call from a lady working for Renatus called Christina and she offered the mentoring we were looking for. She asked a series of quest...
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Hello all. I just read an article on commercial financing that said commercial lenders would consider rents in the decision when financing a multi-family if there were leases. I am going on a three-day car trip tomorr...
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What is everyone's opinion on Harry Dent? He points out that real estate has pretty consistently gone up over most of our life times because of the baby boomers, but now that they are down-sizing and dying off, real e...
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Hello BP fam! Joe Kim here, a newbie to REI in Los Angeles. I am currently a graphic design teacher, graphic design freelancer, and newly licensed real estate agent. My journey to the world of REI began with my person...
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Do you guys think that uploading a personal profile image (avatar) should be a pre-requisite for participating on the forums, blog system, properties directory, etc. here at BiggerPockets?
Just curious . . . thoughts?
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I’m currently looking into towns that are good for STRs. I currently own an STR in Gatlinburg, Tn and I am thinking of buying another property in a similar town maybe in a different state. Any suggestions?
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I just posted a message in our blog about communities in decline or expansion, and wanted to see what our members think of their own communities.
Where do you live, and is your community growing or declining?
Also -...
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Hello BP family. I am currently overseas working with the US Military. I am very much interested in buying my 1st Rental property in the Orlando/Disney World area. I contacted a Veterans Affairs loan officer to get th...
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Hello BP,I’m looking for some ideas on how I might be able to make my primary residence bring in some income. Housing is our biggest cost, and we love the place and worked hard to build it up from a vacant lot 1.5 yea...