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Hello Bigger Pockets! I'm in pursuit to becoming a first-time house owner/hacker in the extremely competitive market of Chicago. Upon the property's listing a day ago, I quickly consulted my agent and decided it best ...
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So a couple months ago I had a leak from an HVAC unit in one . the HVAC is over 30 years old... the leak was fixed but the water of course sat under the laminate wood floors and now I’m dealing with trying to repair t...
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well actually $6.4 million according to this Charles Schwab wealth report on the San Francisco Bay Area. Which matches my sentiment that you need about $5 million to begin feeling like a true "millionaire", which I de...
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I have a homeowner who owes $50,000 on her house. She and her husband can no longer make their payments. I talked through everything with her and will be going out to see their house early next week (6/5/18).My deliem...
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Hello and thank you for reading this.I am a newbie investor and currently at an education stage as well as building my local network stage. At my local Albuquerque REIA meetup, there was a person advertising a deal th...
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Hi all! This is my first time posting and I am in need of some advice… The background to my question is my husband and I have been dabbling part time in the real estate investment game for 10 years now, while we have ...
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Hi all,
I'm new to these forums and heard of it through Jaime Tardy's interview with Josh Dorkin. It was like the heavens have opened for me and here was this wonderful resource I had been missing all along!
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It seems that some feel that Bird Dogs are bogus. Much of the negative talk could also be said about realtors. For that matter, many people outside of our world feel similarly about investors in general.
My exper...
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Here is the scenario:I find a house that is being sold way under market (perhaps a bank foreclosure, auction, etc.) and that doesn't really need any repair. (It may not look as good as the other houses in the neighbo...
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For my savvy Real Estate investors out there who have attended the school of hard knocks. What Real Estate Cliches have you found to be true, useful, or completely false. Here are my top 3 True Cliches:1. Risk comes ...