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Hello Everyone...Financial matters can be such an emotional decision. I have some cash savings along with a modest investment property and a primary residence. I own both properties outright with no mortgage payments....
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At the beginning of each year I take the time to research and reflect on various markets throughout the country so as to provide a road map to my acquisition search for the year. As an active buyer of apartment compl...
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Title says it all. Let's say someone gave you one million dollars to invest in cash-flowing rental properties today (Aug 2016), and you're only allowed to use the money to buy multis in one city. What city in the US d...
Canary In The Coal Mine: Unfunded Liabilities Have Turned Illinois Into A "Banana Republic"The state is buried debt, and hasn’t passed a budget in over 700 days. 100% of their monthly revenue is being consumed by cou...
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I've been reading and receiving a lot of great advice/recommendations on BP about certain investment strategies and how to go about them. One of the strategies that we are seriously considering and likely starting of...
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In the spirit of the latest BP podcast, I am curious as to how I evaluated this deal incorrectly. Find it entertaining the description lists it as a great investment property yet the numbers don't add up (8 Valley Rd,...
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One of the problems I've noticed while analyzing a specific location in my local market is that I analyze it based on whether or not I would personally live there. I don't think this is the proper way to analyze an ar...
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If you had $500,000 and are a rooke REI, what's your move to get started?
Would you focus on a high cap or low cap market? Would you buy and hold a SFR/MFR or go right into a different strategy/niche?
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I'm an owner of a brick two family home, but with the layout of a three family in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens NY. I've implemented the House Hacking strategy I learned about here at Bigger-Pockets which has a...
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Hello BP,I am just getting started in REI and looking for some advice. My strategy right now is to get into buy and hold to start and then expand as I learn more.I own my home, have about 179K of equity as based on my...