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Hi everyone, thanks for all your contributions to the site. I've already learned a lot from the podcasts, forums, and articles.
I became an accidental landlord in 2010 and most of my learning came from YouTube, free ...
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Hello everyone! My name is Sophia Duong I'm looking for a way to invest the money that I've saved over the past couple of years in hopes of building a supplemental income stream in addition to my 9-5 sales job. I have...
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Greetings BP. I am Aaron from Portsmouth, Va. I am active duty military coming up on retirement and have been sporadically learning about real estate investing over the last 5 years, especially REO's. I bought and re...
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Hello all,I think it is time for an introduction after being a reader and student of this site for the last year. First of all thank you to all of you that bring us this wealth of knowledge in one place for free. I ...
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Hi everyone! This website has so far been incredibly eye opening. I am so excited to start putting to use some of the things I have learned so far.My experience as a real estate investor is limited but I have set as a...
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Long-time listener, first-time, um, writer. I've searched all over the place, and I'm having a hard time finding whether it's generally better to purchase a second home as an investment property, or move into the seco...
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I am 2 yrs from retirement and have a SFR rental, a condo, 2 duplexes, (both 3/2's) and a personal residence all in Ca. Rentals are all north of Sacramento and my residence is technically ' sf bay area' but right ...
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Good day BP Nation. First and foremost, thank you for all your contributions to the community. You have all been so helpful thus far. I am currently at a bit of a cross roads. I think I know the answer but I could use...
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Greetings,
Could someone help me with the following:
I'm taking a home study short sale course and I have never bought a home before so I don't know anything about the buying process. I started a little backwards. A...
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Hello BP,
I'm a rookie investor looking to work with partners on Rent by the Room strategy. I will be looking for duplexes and SF to do this. I plan on living in the property in one of the rooms to start leasing to...