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Hi All, I am a 29-year-old working a W2 job that pays well. I am planning on being married in the next year and a half and my partner and I are currently saving up money so that we can start investing in real estate, ...
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Drove up to Torrington over the weekend and noticed a lot of brick commercial buildings with boarded windows. A lot of vacancies? What are the big employers around there?
Also, which are the best neighborhoods for mu...
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My name is Nick. I started prowling through the Bigger Pockets forums and listening to the podcasts about three years ago trying to inhale as much information as I could. Amazing, amazing resources here! Unfortunately...
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Hello!I am new to this forum and real estate in general. I'll try to keep this posting as brief as I can but I feel I have to provide some background information. I am single, 40 years old, and have worked as a comput...
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Hi BP!New real estate investor here, moving for work and looking to get my first deal in Columbus, OH with my VA loan. I've been reading every book on here I can find, but they all seem to be from a few years ago whe...
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Hello all, My family of 4 are looking into cashing out of San Diego and move to the Frisco,TX area within a year. We will be debt free with $500-$800K cash. Previously I gutted our house here in SD down to the studs ...
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Hey everyone, first post on BP. So ill try and make it as simple and quick as possible. Here are our details (Our= My Father, Wife, Me and 2 yr Daughter)We live in the Bay Area (Hayward Ca)House #1 - 2bd,1bath, primar...
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Hey everyone!My name is Leo Semenov. I'm a new investor in Springfield, MA area. I am in retail management. After reading Rich Dad Poor Dad right out of high school, an interest and inclenation toward REI was born in ...
I am looking for a condo in 150-180K range for my elderly parents (Phoenix metro, East Valley). The plan is to have them stay in it for a nominal rent, and keep the property as a buy and hold rental. Currently, they a...
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Hi everyone,I've been a lurker here for a while, read a bunch, listened to podcasts, did all I can do on paper. Now I need to take action and my first attempt at that failed. I thought I had found a nice contractor co...