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Greetings Bigger Pockets Community!My name is John Gilligan. I have only ever purchased one property: my primary home. We moved in 9 years ago and I still live in it with my wife and two sons. About 3 years ago I b...
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Hello everyone, long time lurker! My wife and I are a week away from our closing date on an FHA 4-plex and the underwriter has said they do not believe we would live in the property. Our plan was to sacrifice quality ...
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I'm a first time investor living in CA. My research shows me that the MidWest is the invest at this moment. I am looking for homes with a price range of $50k to $100K in Trenton, Columbus, (West Price Hill, Westwood ...
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I am a BRRRR guy- I have 27 rentals and counting. About 20 of them are financed through local commercial banks. Several years ago I called 30+ banks in Ohio to find 3 lenders who did my first 20 deals on a commercial...
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I've been an Real Estate Investor for 10+ years...I've had my Realtor License for 2 years. I'm always wearing two hats and sometimes they get confused. Since I've had my license I haven't bought a property for myself....
This is my first post here. I'm currently learning everything that I can to start accumulating my own wealth in RE investment, however this post isn't about me.
Let's say that "John" (age 63) has $1,400,000 ...
I dove into the IRS code today, and I think I have an airtight argument that the de minimis rule applies not only to personal property like refrigerators and computers, but also to materials and supplies used in impro...
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I wanted to show an interaction that with a FAUX lender.. He sent me a PM on BP.. but it could easily be linkdin or facebook or Craigslist or connected investor.this is classic interaction with these guys.. the websit...
There has been a lot of activity in the forums about newbies syndicating real estate. I feel like someone needs to be a voice of reason here. Look, I get it. The allure of doing big deals and taking big fees for buyin...
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What’s the easiest way to become a millionaire? Buy $1M in real estate and use other people’s money (“OPM”) to pay it off over the next 20 years.
Prior to November 2017, my real estate portfolio consisted of one dup...