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Hi everyone,Thanks for the amazing platform and helping new investors get acclimated in the world of real estate! My current situation - I have a FICO of ~630 (no late payments or derogatory marks, just credit card de...
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Greetings to all in the Bigger Pockets community. So after reading a couple real estate books and lurking on BP the past month or two I came to the realization that I had unintentionally become a real estate investor....
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Is any body having issues with less than scrupulous lenders or getting approached by scam artists posing as landers? I see it often - so much so that we decided to put in place, a five part process as part of our due ...
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Good morning BiggerPockets!My name is Matt Atkins and I am super new to BiggerPockets community and real estate investing as a whole. I live in Littleton, just south of Denver. I have been a small business owner here ...
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My name is Tj Troup. I am a young construction worker from PA. I am trying to get into real estate investing and flipping of houses as a career. I have the hand skills needed to make changes and improvements to houses...
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Dear BP Members,I have a question and hope to get your advice. I lived in a 2-family house for one year on conventional financing as my primary residence. I recently just moved out and rented out the whole house. T...
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I am planning to start construction on my garage ADU next month (already pushed back many times due to Covid, getting permit issued, among other things). I have told my tenants that I was planning on converting the ga...
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Hi Everyone,I'm cold calling pre-foreclosures and I'm having a bit of trouble with my approach. At first, I was approaching them as a real estate investor that buys homes for all cash and etc, but I noticed that I wo...
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hi,Im very new to rental properties and thanks to Brandon Turner and his books i wil be in the game for the long run.My issue is the following; I just found out my tenants have an extra dog and person living in the ap...
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So I am a newbie - and it seems like my very first tenant may end up being not so great! In April we closed on a second home and moved into it and kept our home in Erie to rent out. We found tenants that everything ...