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Hey guys - just join the forum, been snooping around for the past few months. Loving all the of the great information on the site! I currently live in Birmingham, AL and am looking to start with rental properties - it...
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Hi,I am looking into investment property such as 3 bedroom condo in Milpitas and San Jose downtown area. It appears that Milpitas has better school but San Jose downtown has better appreciation up-side as BART will b...
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Hey Everyone!Thanks for checking in. So I'm extremely interested in real estate for a little while now and have been actively education myself and researching/scanning my local market for potential properties. However...
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Hello All,Not sure if this really qualifies as a success story or not yet but my wife & I closed on two SFH in Syracuse, NY in the last couple of weeks and, as an out of state investor, am now in town for the reha...
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I am a 31 year old dentist in Dallas Texas. I have always been attracted to real estate and doing deals. About 4-5 years ago I took the 180 hour real estate course online to get my license but I have yet to take the t...
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Hey Team,
I’ve been diving deep into real estate investing over the last couple of months, but feel pretty overwhelmed while looking in Seattle, WA. Anyone out there have much experience in single family, or multif...
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I'm curious to know, being that most of us on here are RE investors. How did you guys purchase the homes that you live in? Were they foreclosures, short sells, rehabs, custom built or did you just pay retail?
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Hello BP world, i am recently new to BP but have been working my way into REI for about 3 yrs now, and have realized the 1 problem most people experience in REI is funding. i seem to be at a stalemate, i own free an ...
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OK, I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for this question, but I'm sure that if its not, someone will let me know.
Anyway, here is the situation. I am looking to put together a long term strategy for investing i...
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Our marketing for motivated sellers is getting way to big to answer the phones ourselves. I know some people here on BP prefer VA's, but I haven't have great experiences with VA's, so I want to try a Live answerin...