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I haven't started investing yet since I am still saving up to start. I want to use this time to learn as much as I could. I live in San Francisco and the market here is crazy. I was looking into homes to buy and hold ...
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My worst loss was $100,000 trading foreign exchange. I made $100,000 one year then lost $200,000 the next.
My worst real estate deal I lost about $25,000 on. Paid too much, rented to dirt bag tenant for way...
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I would like to see a "Dealmaking Failure Stories" to counter the "Dealmaking Success Stories" in the BP forums.
We all know that you can't achieve success by being a perfectionist and without failing. Would love to...
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I know you most likely weren't influenced by your teachers at school, so what compelled you to become an investor? Was is a book? Family member? Friend? Social Media Influencer?I'd love to hear your story
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I have made an offer on a property in the Belair-Edison area of Baltimore, which I will rent once closed. A couple things I need the communities help with. I am planning to use a listing agent to market the property t...
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For about two years now, one of our tenants has been paying for rent in cash. I am almost certain nothing illegal is being done to obtain this cash - they are in a band and receive tips for that and his wife is a wait...
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I am a junior at the University of Tennessee studying engineering. I began listening to the BP podcast last summer and just finished reading "The Book on Rental Property Investing". Needless to say, I am extremely hyp...
Hi, I'm new in Real Estate, so I'm interested in your advice. I would like to invest in Real Estate in a "buy and hold" property, with long term gain objectives (I don't have much time to manage it, so can't flip hous...
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I'm interested in learning what technology tools you use to accelerate your business.Post URLs, software and mobile apps.Ken
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What are some of the struggles you are currently dealing with and have dealt with in the past? And what have you done and what are you doing to over come those struggles? Let's helps each other avoid and over come iss...