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I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.
It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...
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The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...
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I’m on my first flip, and the official start for renovations was November 1st 2018. I was told it would take 12 weeks to complete the project and now we are well past that and still having issues. All of a sudden I ne...
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I just finished Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Great book! One part that really hit me in the book was the long-term opportunity cost of "little" splurges like regularly hitting Starbucks or eating out. Relat...
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I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...
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Hello BP2 weeks ago we closed our first flip. I’ve been reading bp for over a year now and always enjoyed reading success stories. So decided to share ours.We purchased 1bd condo in Fairfax VA. We used hard money. 10%...
Hello fellow Canadians, I had been investing in US mainly due to their good web infrastructures on finding deals and managing them through property managers. However, with the financing structure of being a Canadian ...
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March 17th will be my one year anniversary of joining BP! I went pro a few months back as well. I've read countless books, listened to almost all of the normal BP and BP Money podcasts, and have devoured more forum p...
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Hi,A tenant looks at the place while it was in move in move out clean up. She signs a one year lease on July 11th and the move in date was set for July 17th. She gave me $500 cash at lease signing $366 for pro rated J...