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Greetings from South Florida! So there is this house across the street from me that is currently vacant. I have met the owner in the past he lived in the home for about a year and then rented it out for about 2 years,...
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Real estate can be overwhelming.These are generally the first 3 steps for preparing to buy a home:1. Check your credit score. The better your credit, the lower the interest rate on your mortgage. The interest rate you...
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Greetings BiggerPockets Community!My name is Charlsi Brooker, a recent college grad who is diligently studying how to best start a REI career. I am new to BP and thought now would be a good time to introduce myself.I ...
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Hey everyone,So after months of research, I'm about to close on my first investment property! Aside from being excited/terrified, I'm curious what people did or wished they did while waiting to close. I'm buying a SFH...
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Hello, my name is Tim McCullough. I live in Verbena, AL. My wife and I are new to real estate investing. We are looking to buy and hold single & multi-family properties. To start with we are planning on staying re...
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Hi,I am planning to buy a wholesale property to buy and hold. I have heard a lot about wholesale in podcasts and read about it in forum posts such as the following.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2016/07/0......
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I'm just soliciting input for my edification here so I only ask for people to share seasoned advice or plans of attack.I am looking to purchase my third property under the house hacking model. This place is in Washing...
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Hey BP! Just wanted to share some thoughts on how I took my first step recently. After many months of educating myself, I wanted to take some action instead of just talking about Real Estate. I looked and networked ar...
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Hi everyone,I'm a new investor and beginning the education process before deciding to buy my first multi-property in the city of Chicago and/or surrounding cities. I had a question in regards to utilities. Does anyone...
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Hi All,
Can anyone shed some light as to how to find pre-foreclosure and NOD properties? What is the best way to go about approaching these homeowners in terms of marketing? Door knock? And what is the best s...