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My first investment property
Learned a lot, not a home run, but it is a start.
Before I begin let me give you “the back story” on me.
My wife and I have known since we started dating 5 years ago that we wante...
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Hi all,A little background - (skip to the tldr at the bottom if you get bored) I'm mainly a buy and hold index fund investor. While I'm certainly no finance major, everything I've read about investing has led me to ke...
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Hello BP Friends - Not sure where to post this, and looking for feedback. We are a couple of newbies ages 50 and 54, residing in NYC, and have been advised by an experienced investor (from BP) that we're too old to be...
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I have been wholesaling up until now using my name on the purchase and sale contracts. But I have been closing them regularly enough that I think its time to consider setting up an LLC.
Typically how long doe...
I would suggest you don't need to pay for a coach in the following scenarios
You're not sure if real estate investing is for you –
First, Pretend you bought a property then dig around Bigger Pockets and see what pe...
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PLEASE educate yourself before you bid....
So, my home parish moved to online tax sale auction last year because of covid, and kept it that way this year (likely will stay that way from here on out). So no more in p...
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I have been having a very hard time getting a straight answer to this question, probably because im having a hard time wording it right, so just bear with me here.For my first deal, I plan on BRRRR'ing out of it to bu...
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I've recently had my accountant do my 2008 income taxes and I was surprised that he informed me that I could not take deductions for my real estate investment training that I purchased in 2008. A big one was the Rich...
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I see a lot of people posting about their first year and thought I would follow suit. Let me start by saying I have done a few deals over the years. I thought the Canadian market was complicated and I had no real ide...
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does anyone here who has the means pay cash for your propertys? I am looking for my 3rd house I lived in the 1st and am living in the 2nd I will use a mortgage for all 3 but hope to have the means to pay cash for prop...