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We talk about Financial Freedom here on BiggerPockets all the time, and most members of this platform invest in BOTH real estate and stocks. I think that we haven't really spent enough time emphasizing just how bad th...
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Dude, this is a symbiotic relationahip. Trying to start my new REI project, a flip in Milwaukee. Trying to negotiate with a contractor to budge on the plumbing costs, he wants 10k to pipe a 2,200 sqft. duplex, I need ...
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I am looking for some tips, advice, insight whatever, on a problem that my company is facing. We use the houseflippingspreadsheet to keep track of individual projects, which is great, but does not give any sort of com...
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Schiff is one bright dude (he predicted the real estate crash), and he doesn't paint a rosy picture of our economic future - unless the government drastically changes course from it's borrow/spending binge in the near...
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Hey all! I am a complete Real Estate newbie in the Chicago area. I have lived in Chicago for more than 30 years and recently just moved to an adjacent suburb. Since early this year, I have been absorbing books, for...
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Hello. I've been through hell and back with my latest flip. Purchased it a year ago and went through a major renovation (added 2 bedrooms and a completely new bath for example). Come to the end of the project 2 days a...
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The property in question is a SFH, needing new flooring as a major repair and also several minor repairs such as hardware, cracked tiling. Is it more cost effective to just have a PM take care of this or do they gener...
I have a great deal on a house that has foundation issues. The wall is bowing on two basement walls. You can barely tell by looking at it but you can definitely see the cracks. The way we remedied this problem in the ...
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I have a house I am thinking about buying to BRRRR (Buy, rehab, refinance, reinvest because I want this to by my home and then I will take the remaining money and reinvest to do other properties.) So I have a few que...
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I am about to sell my business and make a substantial amount of income from it. Does anyone have any experience with getting REPS status and immediately investing the money in real estate from the sale proceeds to avo...