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One of my favorite books is the millionaire real estate agent by Gary Keller. The book shows how one can build a brokerage and have a mind set of a business owner. Although, I've ran my own business (non real estate r...
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Hi all,I'm planning to buy my first long term rental, a single family resident in the next 3-6 months. I'm in the Bay Area houses here are very expensive for me to start with. I have relatives in Houston, TX and did t...
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Below are 10 factors I wish I would have realized a long time ago. Just my opinions, but perhaps one or two will resonate within you and change the way you think about investing and life in general. Here’s to gettin...
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I've found a property I'm interested in which a 'notice of trustee sale' has been issued and is 'scheduled' to be auctioned in a couple months time.It appears to not be completely repossessed by the lender and the own...
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Happy Sunday!
I heard this question on the latest BP podcast (#435) today and thought what better place to ask it than on the forums:
If you were me, a 20 year old in college, what are five (or more/less) things you...
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I decided to make a post here to essentially reset. I was a newbie who started investing in real estate during the pandemic so I've been at it for a few years now. I am planning on liquidating a couple of my propertie...
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I attended a high income seminar today. The sad part was that the seminar title was Strategic Defaults! The speaker was very high powered attorney in swfl that has been doing these for a couple years. The stats came f...
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Hello all I have been reading through many posts on here, watching YouTube etc. I am most interested in finding some people local to get ahold of to pick their brains/ learn from them. I own a house (NW Indiana) that ...
is listsource a good way to get a lead on absentee owners?
than do i just send them all a letter hoping one of them will call me back?
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Hello BPMy name is Ariel and I'm new to BP forums. I am 29 years old, a TOTAL newbie on REI, never bought a house nor invested in one, and I work full time as a chef.I'm here to seek advice from experienced investors ...