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Hello BP Community!I wanted to reach out to the community to get some feedback on a market that I have recently visited and am interested in making an STR investment. My wife and I really loved the area, and saw a lot...
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Hi everyone, I was just curious how the market is these days in the Mobile area. People I have talked to just usually say it is "getting better", but I'm not getting a ton more info. Would you say it is buyers, sell...
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My wife's employer offers what seems a good retirement plant. If she contributes to her 401k/Roth IRA 3% of her basic salary, the employer will contribute the same 3%, plus an additional 1% of her basic pay. For examp...
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From 2008 to 2013 it was easy to have a really nice run of buying red hot distressed single family homes in the Atlanta market. Homes built from 2000-2007 that had sold from $150,000 to $170,000 and cost $135,000 to ...
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Newbie question for those members that are well engrained into the RE investment space. I am looking to begin leveraging cash I have in REI to increase my wealth and create future financial independence.The townhome I...
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Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've posted here. I've become consumed by my 9-5 corporate job and every day I dread it more and more. There's reasons why this has been pushed off, but no more.. I'm hoping to fi...
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Hi everyone. My name is Sonya Aqili and I live in beautiful San Diego. I have been interested off and on in real estate since 2008, but felt the time wasnt right / didnt have funds. Ha.... I don't even own my own res...
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Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
I have been looking at property in different markets, I live in Washington, DC and am priced out of my market for investing. I was looking in Pennsylvania, but couldn't help but think how amazing Costa Rica, but don't...
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Hi Everyone,
I'm Karen M. from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and have been just starting to explore the Bigger Pockets community and learn about real estate investing. I am interested in real estate to diversify our investm...