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Hello,I am generally a lurker, and I find posting on forums very intimidating. I usually listen to the BP podcasts and I love reading about real estate and financial independence. But I am gearing up for my first mult...
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Hello BP, my experience with real estate agents ( 4 different ones) has been anything but impressive. They send me listings that fit a set of requirements I pick, get the lock box codes to get me into the door, and of...
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I live in DC and have not paid much attention to Baltimore, but this week I just realized there are houses in Baltimore being auctioned off onsite for as little as $5k. I can't find a house in NW DC for under $500k. D...
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I am a 34 year old executive assistant for a small scientific instrument company in Boston. My younger brother (32) and I have been doing a lot of reading and studying various investments vehicles. We have both decide...
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Hi everyone!I am new to this forum and my husband and I are a younger couple interested in building our real estate portfolio. We live in the Bay Area where prices are notoriously expensive. The question that I have i...
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I've been buying houses for 3-4 years now. I mostly just buy stuff on mls, or from neighbors of properties i own who are moving. Everytime ive got on a mailing list of wholesaler, i just get junk. Its either in a smal...
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I am beginning to look for deals to analyze so I can make my first investment. Where do I look/who do I ask, etc. to find multifamily properties? Will places like Realtor.com, Trulia, Zillow, etc. cut it or should I b...
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Hello everyone,my name is Emilie and my husband is David. We have been looking to invest in real-estate for the last 6 years but never took the plunge - we have read a ton of books, watch a ton of videos etc.... My hu...
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Hello BP,I'm a beginning investor and waiting on my pre-qualification to come through from a lender (should find out on Sunday), and I'm working hard to build a really solid team that I can trust. A little backgroun...
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Hey all - I made my first post on here about 3 years ago in Oct of 2017. At the time, I was a relatively naive and wide-eyed kid who had just listened to his first real estate podcast and was eager to get started. How...