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BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own. To me, it was pretty eye-opening as to what Freddie (and...
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I am attached to a military man, Chris, in San Diego (renting) for at least the next 4 years. Chris and I are both 34-year-old DINKs looking to start a family soon. After listening to BiggerPockets Money an...
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FACT: Borrower asks lender a “favor” to increase their payoff as a way to get hundreds of thousands extra back but NOT given back at closing on HUD, rather under the table directly from lender to borrowers after lende...
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Okay so I have found a property for 13 million dollars this is a hotel and right now its noi is at 6.5M but it has a potential to have a noi of 152M. Just by that lets me know that business must be very slow or no...
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i met with a realtor/investor the other day who has basically the same goal i have related to owning buy and hold SFR's to supplement retirement.his strategy basically involves using conventional (20% down) convention...
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Currently reading Why the rich are getting richer by Kiyosaki and for the record enjoying it just as much as his other books that I have done.In Chapter 14 he gives the example of Mary a 40yr old W2 earner of 100K pay...
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Hello! My name is Klesta and I'm brand new to these forums. I have been listening to bigger pockets for 10 short weeks now, but I feel I have learned more here than in any of my years of attending college or the MBA p...
Hello,I'm starting out in real estate and have been considering doing a house hack in a multi-family unit. However, the more I learn about real estate the worse this idea seems. My understanding is that the golden sta...
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Hello everyone,Just a little bit about me: I just turned 39, have a wife and 2 kids, have worked as a Pipefitter/Pipe welder for about 18 years now, and currently work for the water district for the East Bay area in C...