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Hello everyone!I'm 30 years old from Godfrey, Illinois, which is about thirty minutes east of down town St. Louis, Missouri. I work for a mid size police department in the area. I would say that my wife and I are bett...
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Hello!I'm quite new to BP and to real estate investing. I've not purchased my own first home, let alone an investment property. However, my goal is to learn all I can as I prepare to purchase my first property withi...
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Good morning Biggerpockets fam!
My name is Michele and I am from Los Angeles, CA. I have been researching Kansas City, MO since the beginning of the year and have decided to make my first out-of-state purchase in Kan...
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Hello everyone, I’ve been debating back and forth whether to sell my property or not. I own a 3/2 1200sqft sfh in Ft. Lauderdale built in 1958 that I purchased in 2020 for 235k. I put a new roof and did minor upgrades...
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We're looking to purchase our first rental (investor couple mid 40's, early 50's respectively). We plan on borrowing about 60,000-70,000. Is it better to do a 30 year mortgage with approx. 200+ cash-flow margin or a 1...
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I am looking to buy my first rental property and BRRRR in Cleveland. A lot of the deals I liked seem to already have been newly renovated and fully occupied. This does seem nice bc I am new and these would be relative...
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Hello BiggerPockets Family! I am here for some advice. I have been reading books, listening to audio-books and podcasts and now I am here. Full of knowledge, goals and determination. Except I only have one problem, I ...
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Hello everyone,
Wondering if a few of you can help me work this through. I am new to real estate (zero properties, currently a renter myself). I am currently using the FIRE strategy to become financially independent....
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Hi everyone - I have a potential off-market deal and I need some opinions from more experienced investors. I met with the seller and they told me they would prefer not to list it on MLS but would if they didn't get th...
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It happened Friday. He walked away from his desk job. Our income properties have been giving us over $4,000/ mo income, after all expenses, since January. We knew we were close to our goal and wanted one more proper...