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Good morning everyone, it's been a year since I last showed up here, looking for advice from investors with proven success records in real estate. I took your advice but was too timid to take the first step and dive ...
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I understand that debt to income ratio is very important with the first property you buy, mine is comfortable 30 %. However, if looking to go into a 4-unit property as a second property, in my case it would raise my d...
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Hello everyone!I'm new to real estate investing and Bigger Pockets. I'm having a difficult time deciding where to buy my first property. My goal is to buy a duplex (where I would live in one unit) or a house with a ba...
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I have been reluctant to broadcast this information to the note investment community, hoping not to "hang out my dirty laundry" with colleagues or the note investment community. However, it is time to speak out and ad...
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Hi BP! My 2013 Jeep Compass has a dying transmission; I bought it used in 2015. I've seen multiple mechanics/transmission specialists; it's got a CVT transmission which are seeing tons of issues around the 6-year mark...
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Hi everyone,
I listened to a webinar the other day that had an interesting idea. They called it residential backflipping. I'll try to lay out the basics from that webinar here (this is what Peter Conti and Jerry Nort...
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If you are just getting into real estate investing and have a question that you need an honest answer to, ask me anything here. But don't ask a question if you are hoping to get a certain answer, and don't ask a quest...
Prices keep rising... it's a sellers market... signs of a bubble are pervasive but.. is it a bubble or has the market changed permanently.... thoughts?
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Those that actually read news and watch actual news programs (doesn't include NBC and msnbc) have heard the tape of Obama "loves re-distribution". WH has admitted tape is accurate, but andrea mitchell says nbc can't v...
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Hi BP community!My name is Toby, I'm 32 years young and I've been lurking on here and the podcast for about the past month. I have recently become financially conscious after getting myself out of a mental stalemate c...